Patent ID: 9564012
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a credit input mechanism comprising at least one of a coin input chute, a bill acceptor, a card reader, and a ticket reader, the credit input mechanism configured to establish a credit balance that is increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity and to contribute at least a portion of wagered credit to a prize pool; a prize eligibility determiner configured to determine whether each prize of a plurality of prizes is eligible to be awarded to a player based on a relationship between a prize pool value of the prize pool and a prize value associated with the prize, the prize pool value being associated with game play, wherein each prize of the plurality of prizes has a respective associate prize value; a prize selector configured to facilitate player selection of at least one player-selected prize of the plurality of prizes; and a winning condition determiner configured to determine whether a winning condition exists, and wherein the gaming machine is configured to: