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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2007
John Boesen, Rosebery, AU;
Natalie Bryant, Rosebery, AU;
John Boesen, Rosebery, AU;
Natalie Bryant, Rosebery, AU;
Abstract
A gaming system and a method of operating a bonus prize awarding system, the system comprising a plurality of electronic gaming console having a console cabinetincluding a prize display, a coin entry slot, a pay out trayand internally mounted game control processor circuits. A video game is provided for play on the console in which images of objects (balls) are dropped through a series of obstacles (pins) and eventually fill a number of containers. Prizes are paid according to either the number of balls which are in each container at the end of the ball drop and/or the manner in which the pins are hit, and bonus prizes are increased progressively upon the occurrence of predetermined game events within the game or external to the game.