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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Igt, Reno, NV (US);
Bradford D. Brown, Sparks, NV (US);
Benjamin R. Holsclaw, Sparks, NV (US);
Robert W. Ruymann, Reno, NV (US);
Thomas J. Humphrey, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a Keno game providing an additional award if a predicted quantity of symbols matches an actual quantity of symbols associated with one of a plurality of characteristics. In one embodiment, for one of a plurality of characteristics, the gaming system receives an indication of a predicted quantity of symbols. The gaming system forms a gaming system symbol set including a plurality of randomly selected symbols, each of which is randomly associated with one of the characteristics. The gaming system determines any primary awards by comparing a player symbol set with the gaming system symbol set, and any additional awards by comparing the predicted quantity of symbols with the randomly determined actual quantity of symbols associated with the characteristic associated with the predicted quantity of symbols.