Patent ID: 8905837
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A video gaming machine, comprising: a video display device; and, a game controller for displaying an instance of a video game on the video display device, initializing the instance of the video game, and responsively detecting a triggering condition associated with a partial outcome of the instance of the video game, the game controller, in response to detecting the triggering condition, for splitting the instance of the video game into a plurality of sub-instances of the video game and displaying the sub-instances of the video game on the video display device, for establishing an outcome of each of the plurality of sub-instances of the video game and awarding a respective award as a function of the outcome of each of the plurality of sub-instances of the video games and a predetermined paytable, wherein the triggering condition is copied into each sub-instance of the video game and is held throughout play thereof.