Patent ID: 9600980
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. An electronic gaming machine comprising: a housing having a display for displaying game symbols for playing a game and an electronic game controller in electronic communication with said display for controlling the appearance of game symbols in said game on the display, wherein said game comprises randomly displaying said game symbols and awarding prizes to a player for predetermined winning combinations of game symbols to a player; and an input device for receiving commands from said player to operate said electronic gaming machine and initiate play of said game on said display, said input device being in electronic communication with said electronic game controller; wherein said electronic game controller in response to a command from said player via said input device commences play of said game by randomly selecting game symbols and transmitting a signal to said display to display said randomly selected game symbols; wherein, in response to a trigger event during play of said first game, said electronic game controller causes said display to display game symbols for playing a second game of chance, wherein the appearance of one or more special symbols causes the award of one or more tokens to said player, said tokens being associated with one or more token values; wherein, at the end of said second game of chance, said electronic game controller determines an accumulated token value from the tokens awarded to said player, and where said accumulated token value is equal to a predetermined number, said electronic game controller causes the display of a plurality of third games of chance selectable by said player, and wherein said third games displayed depends on said accumulated token value; and in response to said player selecting a selected third game from said plurality of third games, said electronic game controller causes the display of game symbols for playing said selected third game.