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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2013
Everi Games Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Michael Jason Wabschall, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Casey, Austin, TX (US);
Everi Games Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed in which a gaming machine provides both a base game and a feature game which may be triggered by the base game. The feature game includes a player selectable set of symbols, where the symbols include one or more high and low value incrementing symbols and one or more terminator symbols; such that, when a player selects one of the incrementing symbols, the player's position on a ladder or other graduated sequence increments to a higher value award, all the symbols in the set are shown and then recovered and shuffled with one of the remaining high value incrementing symbols being replaced by a terminator symbol. The process iterating until the player selects a terminator symbol or achieves the jackpot (highest) award on the ladder.