Patent ID: 9396614
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of allowing a player to play a gaming machine including a display device and a controller, comprising the steps of: allowing a player to initiate a first gaming session, the first gaming session including one or more primary games to be played on the gaming machine, each primary game including a plurality of reels being displayed with a plurality of symbols displayed in a grid, at least one primary game including a game outcome being displayed with an anticipation event for notifying the player of a perceived potential winning combination of symbols in the primary game outcome; allowing a player, through an input device which accepts physical media indicating a monetary value, to make a wager on a first primary game and responsively initiating the first primary game; randomly generating, by the controller, an outcome of the first primary game and displaying the outcome of the first primary game on the display device; calculating, by the controller, a number of previous primary game outcomes displayed with the anticipation event during the first gaming session and determining a first anticipation event probability associated with the first primary game as a function of the calculated number of previous primary games displayed with the anticipation event; determining, by the controller, if an anticipation event triggering condition has occurred with the outcome of the first primary game based at least in part on the first anticipation event probability and responsively display the anticipation event with the outcome of the first primary game if the anticipation event triggering condition occurs; awarding the player an award if the outcome of the first primary game is a winning outcome; generating a second anticipation event probability if the anticipation event is displayed with the outcome of the first primary game; randomly generating an outcome of a second primary game; determining if the anticipation event triggering condition has occurred in the outcome of the second primary game as a function of the second anticipation event probability; and responsively displaying the anticipation event with the outcome of the second primary game if the anticipation event triggering condition occurs.