Patent ID: 6983935
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming device comprising: a primary game operable upon a wager made by a player; a secondary game initiated upon the occurrence of a triggering event in the primary game; a housing; a matrix connected to the housing, said matrix defining a plurality of receptacles; a plurality of members adapted to engage the receptacles; a plurality of ejectors associated with the receptacles for displacing the members from the receptacles; a designated number of ejections of the ejectors, wherein the designated number of ejections is randomly determined; and a processor in communication with the ejectors, wherein upon the initiation of the secondary game, the processor is operable to cause the ejectors to displace at least one of the members from the receptacles for each ejection up to the designated number of ejections, determine if any winning combination of members occur in the receptacles after the members re-engage the receptacles after each ejection and provide an award to a player if at least one winning combination of members engages the receptacles after at least one of the ejections.