Patent ID: 11941948
Assignee: AGS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A gaming table having a bonus generating system at which a wagering game having the opportunity for a bonus which is generated and displayed for presentation to a plurality of players, comprising:
a gaming table having a playing surface;
a game layout associated with said playing surface, said game layout defining at least one game wager location;
at least one wager input sensor associated with said at least one game wager location, said at least one wager input sensor configured to detect, at least one wager placed by at least one of the players at said at least one game wager location;
an electronic video display positioned at or adjacent to said gaming table;
a bonus action controller communicatively linked to said at least one wager input sensor and said electronic video display;
said bonus action controller configured to:
receive, from said at least one wager input sensor at said gaming action controller, an input regarding said at least one wager;
receive, in relation to a wagering game presented at said gaming table using one or more physical game pieces, input of a bonus triggering event;
generate an outcome of a spin of a first wheel and, when the outcome of the first wheel spin comprises an outcome which corresponds to a spin of a second wheel, generate an outcome of a spin of the second wheel;
cause the at least one video display to display a bonus award indicator comprising a graphical representation of the first wheel, the first wheel comprising a plurality of segments, at least one of the plurality of segments of the first wheel displaying a first award and at least one of the plurality of segments of the first wheel, but not all of the segments, displaying an indication of a spin of the second wheel;
cause the at least one video display to display a transformation of the graphical representation of the first wheel to a graphical representation of a selection of one of the plurality of segments of the first wheel corresponding to the generated outcome of the spin of the first wheel;
when the selected segment of the first wheel does not display an indication of a spin of the second wheel, indicate an award of any first award indicated by the selected segment but not spinning the second wheel; and

when the selected segment does display an indication of a spin of the second wheel, transform said bonus award indicator by graphically displaying said second wheel on the at least one video display, the second wheel comprising a plurality of segments wherein at least one of the plurality of segment of the second wheel displays a second award associated with a second wheel prize, and graphically display a selection of one of the plurality of segments of the second wheel corresponding to the generated outcome of the second wheel spin, and indicate an award any second award associated with the selected segment of the second wheel.