Patent ID: 8177621
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a value input device for accepting a wager from a player at the gaming machine; a display unit for displaying a wagering game on the gaming machine, the wagering game having an optimal strategy and at least one non-optimal strategy, an optimal expected value corresponding to the optimal strategy and a non-optimal expected value corresponding to the at least one non-optimal strategy, the wagering game having a targeted expected value for an average of awards provided over a period of time, the targeted expected value being substantially equal to the optimal expected value; at least one processor for determining, in response to the player selecting one of the at least one non-optimal strategies, a difference in expected value between the optimal strategy and the selected non-optimal strategy; and at least one memory for storing the difference in expected value between the optimal strategy and non-optimal strategies selected by the player, wherein in response to a player selecting one of the at least one non-optimal strategy, the at least one processor to award an additional variable non-progressive award over one or more subsequent events on the gaming machine, the at least one processor variably selecting the additional award from a plurality of possible awards for the selected non-optimal strategy, the plurality of possible awards being based on the difference, the additional award causing the average of awards provided by the gaming machine over the period of time to approach at least partially the targeted expected value, wherein the display unit does not display, to the player, any information relating to the additional award at the time that the player selects the optimal strategy, and wherein the display unit does not display, to the player, any information relating to the additional award at the time that the player selects the non-optimal strategy.