Patent ID: 9659451
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming machine in which a plurality of indicators toward prizes is displayed as a player interacts with the gaming machine, the gaming machine comprising: a credit input mechanism configured to receive a physical item representing a monetary value providing credit input and for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity; hardware meters configured to monitor the credit input having been provided by the credit input mechanism; a display; and a game controller configured to randomly select a plurality of symbols for display on said display to play a base game, in accord with the credit input having been provided via the credit input mechanism receiving the physical item; and wherein the display is configured to display the selected symbols; and wherein, if a predefined winning event based on said displayed symbols occurs in the base game, the game controller is further configured to award a prize to a player; and wherein, when a trigger condition occurs in said base game, the game controller is further configured to award a bonus game feature comprising a series of bonus games, and wherein the game controller is further configured to select bonus game symbols from a plurality of symbols for display on said display for play of each bonus game of the series of bonus games, said plurality of symbols including a plurality of special symbols; a manually operable player interface configured for player interaction to receive a special symbol selection of at least one special symbol; and wherein, during each of said bonus games, the game controller is further configured to determine if the displayed plurality of symbols includes at least one special symbol, and in response to the displayed bonus game symbols including at least one special symbol, to receive special symbol selection; and wherein the game controller is further configured to cause the display to display a prize indicator of a sequence of a plurality of prize indicators in response to said special symbol selection; and an output mechanism configured to provide a payout based on whether all of said plurality of prize indicators in said sequence are displayed during said bonus game feature.