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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Daniel W. Marston, Reno, NV (US);
Sek Hwan Joung, Reno, NV (US);
Assignee:
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/3239 (2013.01); G07F 17/3246 (2013.01); G07F 17/3248 (2013.01); G07F 17/3255 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gaming system including a secondary event configured to be triggered based on a designated quantity or threshold of events occurring in association with a play of a primary wagering game and/or one or more plays of one or more bonus games associated with the play of the primary wagering game. In certain embodiments, by identifying and tracking an occurrence of an event through one or more game states associated with the placement of a wager, the gaming system provides a persistence aspect to a collection game which is associated with one or more games tied to or otherwise resulting from a single wager placed.