Patent ID: 9711006
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. An electronic method of gaming for use with a gaming machine having a plurality of display areas, 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 player interface, and a gaming controller, the electronic method of gaming comprising: accepting via the credit input mechanism a credit; in response to the credit having been accepted, establishing a credit balance; receiving at the player interface a first player selection of both a first display area of the display areas and a first game to be conducted in the selected first display area of the display areas and a different second player selection of both a different second display area of the display areas and a different second game to be conducted in the different selected second display area of the display areas; in accord with having established a credit balance, independently conducting via the gaming controller the first game and the different second game in the respective selected first display area and selected second display area of the plurality of display areas, and conducting the first game based on first game data specific to the first game and conducting the second game based on second game data specific to the second game, the first game data defining a set of first game play rules for the first game comprising a first base game portion carried out each time the first game is played in the selected first display area, a first feature game portion carried out upon a first trigger condition being met via play of the first game in the selected first display area and a first super feature game portion carried out upon a first super feature trigger condition being met via play of the first game in the selected first display area, and the second game data defining a set of second game play rules for the second game comprising a second base game portion carried out each time the second game is played in the selected second display area, a second feature game portion carried out upon a second trigger condition being met via play of the second game in the selected second display area, and a second super feature game portion carried out upon a second super feature trigger condition being met via play of the second game in the selected second display area; upon at least one of the first trigger condition and the second trigger condition being met in the respective play of the first game and the second game, conducting via the gaming controller, in the respective selected first and second display areas, the respective one of the first feature game portion and the second feature game portion; upon the first super feature trigger condition being met in the play of the first game, conducting via the game controller, in both the selected first and second display areas, the first super feature game portion; determining via the game controller whether to make an award based on at least one of the first base game portion and second base game portion, the first feature game portion and the second feature game portion, and the first super feature game portion; and awarding a payout at the output mechanism in response to determining that an award is to be made.