Patent ID: 8337292
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method to use a gaming machine to play a slot machine game, the method comprising using a processing unit of the gaming machine to execute machine-readable instructions adapted for implementing the steps of: receiving, at the gaming machine, a main-wager and a side-wager from a player; receiving, at the gaming machine, an input identifying a predicted order that slot reels of the gaming machine will stop spinning; spinning the slot reels and stopping the slot reels in an actual order determined randomly by the gaming machine; comparing, at the gaming machine, the predicted order to the actual order to determine whether the player won the side-wager; determining, at the gaming machine, whether the player won the main-wager for symbol combinations on the slot reels after stopping the slot reels; and paying, using the gaming machine, a first award if the player won the side-wager and a second award if the player won the main-wager.