Patent ID: 9685040
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. An electronic gaming machine comprising: a display for displaying game symbols for playing a first game, wherein a player must make an initial bet to play said first game and wherein predetermined winning combinations of randomly selected game symbols in said first game results in the award of prizes to a player, vending slots for receiving monetary bets, an electronic game controller being adapted to determine if the initial bet has been made using the vending slots to initiate play of said first game and to control the display of game symbols on the display if the initial bet has been received, wherein, in response to a first trigger event during play of said first game, said electronic game controller causes said display to display game symbols for playing a second game, wherein predetermined winning combinations of randomly selected game symbols in said second game results in the award of prizes to said player and/or one or more game enhancing elements that are applied in said second game, wherein, in response to a second trigger event during play of said second game, said electronic game controller causes said display to display game symbols for playing a third game, wherein predetermined winning combinations of randomly selected game symbols in said third game results in the award of prizes to said player and/or one or more game enhancing elements that are applied in said third game, wherein said player must wager an amount to play one or more games of one of said second and third games when said first trigger event or second trigger event occurs and said player can play the other of said second and third games without making a bet, and wherein the amount of the wager determines the number of games of said one of said second game and said third game that said player can play.