Patent ID: 9230408
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of gaming for use with a gaming machine having a credit input mechanism configured to accept a credit for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable, an output mechanism configured to cause a payout associated with the credit balance, a gaming controller, a human interface device, a memory storing data indicative of a plurality of symbols, and a random number generator, the method comprising: accepting a credit via the credit input mechanism; in response to having accepted the credit at the credit input mechanism, establishing the credit balance; making a selection at the human interface device; defining, via the gaming controller, in accordance with having established the credit balance, a target outcome to be achieved in respect of a game, said defining includes determining the target outcome, at least in part, based on the selection made at the human interface device of the gaming machine, the target outcome having an associated award; allocating, via the gaming controller, a number of game rounds to be played at the gaming machine to achieve the target outcome; determining, via the gaming controller, a number of obstacles to be placed in the game to impede the player from achieving the target outcome, based on the defined target outcome; conducting, via the gaming controller, the allocated game rounds at the gaming machine, each of which can result in a contribution to the target outcome; randomly selecting, via the gaming controller and the random number generator, a plurality of the symbols from the memory during each game round, at least one of the plurality of the symbols being complementary to at least one of the obstacles; in response to the at least one of the plurality of the symbols being selected, removing the complementary obstacle; accumulating, via the gaming controller, any contributions during the one or more game rounds; and awarding via the output mechanism the associated award if the target outcome is achieved based on the accumulated contributions before the allocated game rounds are exhausted, said awarding including increasing the credit balance.