Patent ID: 11869311
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method of displaying a wagering game on a gaming machine having a display device, a game controller, and a credit input operable to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity, the method comprising:
sending data, by the game controller, to the display device indicative of a progressive prize randomly selected from a plurality of progressive prizes included in a prize ladder for animation on the display device in response to a winning game outcome in the wagering game based on a random number generated by a random number generator to provide a volatility;
forming, by the game controller, a) a first transformation path using a predefined set of prize modifiers being predetermined and each of the predefined set of prize modifiers, when selected, changes a resulting event in the winning game outcome being displayed on the display device, b) a second transformation path using one of the predefined set of prize modifiers in the first transformation path randomly determined by the random numbers, and c) a third transformation path using a unity transformation representing the progressive prize, while providing the volatility;
sending data for animation on the display device, by the game controller, indicative of the progressive prize being transformed based on one transformation path selected from the first transformation path formed, the second transformation path formed, and the third transformation path formed, into a modified progressive prize, while maintaining the volatility provided; and
controlling, by the game controller, the display device to animate the modified progressive prize.