Patent ID: 6059289
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A method for playing a bonus game in a secondary slot machine adjacent a primary gaming machine, the secondary slot machine having a plurality of reels, the primary gaming machine issuing a bonus qualifying signal to the secondary slot machine to start play of the bonus game, said method comprising the steps of:a. starting play of the bonus game in response to the bonus qualifying signal from the primary gaming machine,b. randomly spinning the plurality of reels in the secondary slot machine, the plurality of reels at least including value symbols and null symbols, the number of null symbols controlling the length of the bonus game,c. determining values in any value symbols displayed in any of plurality of reels of the secondary slot machine in response to the step of randomly spinning,d. accumulating in the secondary slot machine the determined values to an accumulated winnings value,e. repeating in the secondary slot machine steps b, c, and d until the bonus game ends,f. awarding the accumulated winnings value in response to ending the bonus game.