Patent ID: 7473175
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming device operable under control of a processor, the gaming device comprising: a game controlled by the processor and operable upon a wager by a player; a continuous course which is divisible into a plurality of parent regions; a plurality of sub-regions within each one of the parent regions; a plurality of values, each one of the values being associated with one of the sub-regions, wherein a plurality of said values are different; a plurality of different stop probabilities associated with the different values; a plurality of identical or substantially identical expected values, wherein each parent region has one of the expected values and said expected value of said parent region is based, at least in part, on the values and the stop probabilities associated with the sub-regions of said parent region; at least one display device controlled by the processor and operable to display the sub-regions and to indicate a plurality of the sub-regions; and an input device operable to communicate with the processor, said input device activatable by the player to initiate a stopping of the indication of the plurality of sub-regions, wherein the processor is operable to: (a) cause the display device to display a plurality of the sub-regions within each one of the parent regions while the parent regions are positioned within the continuous course; (b) select one, and less than all, of the parent regions after the input device is activated by the player, (c) select one of the sub-regions in said selected parent region, (d) cause the display device to indicate said selected sub-region, and (e) provide the value associated with said selected sub-region to the player.