Patent ID: 6729961
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
A method for displaying an interactive game having a predetermined game outcome which is either a winning game outcome or a losing game outcome, said method comprising;(a) receiving play data from a finite pool of play data wherein said received play data defines the predetermined game outcome, said play data is indicative of a set of first playing symbols and a set of second playing symbols, wherein each of said second playing symbols is associated with a respective one of the first playing symbols; (b) displaying the first playing symbols; then (c) accepting a player designation of a subset of the first playing symbols to be replaced; then (d) displaying an entertaining display to modify the player's designated subset of the first playing symbols when the player designation of (c) is inconsistent with the play data of (a), wherein said entertaining display causes the displayed play data to correspond to the received predetermined game outcome, wherein said predetermined game outcome is independent of the player designation; and then (e) displaying the second playing symbol associated with at least one of the first playing symbols and providing said predetermined game outcome to the player.