Patent ID: 6758757
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A gaming system comprising:at least one gaming device configured to allow a player to play at least one primary game involving wagering and at least one secondary game, said primary game being a game whose outcome is based on chance and said secondary game playable by a player upon the occurrence of a pre-defined event in said primary game, said gaming device further configured to issue game state data upon a request event where said issued game state data comprises data corresponding to said secondary game's state when said game state data is issued and where said issued data comprises data that corresponds to other than: game play credits; a base state; a win state; or, a visible award credit count, and further configured to accept applicable game state data, and further configured to set said at least one secondary game in accordance with said applicable game state data; at least one input device operably disposed within said at least one gaming device, configured to receive game state data and to communicate said received game state data to said gaming device; and, at least one output device configured to produce game state data output based on said issued game state data, in a form receivable by a player and readable by said input device.