Patent ID: 7988552
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming machine, comprising: receiving a wager from a player via an input device, at least a portion of the wager being allocated for playing a wagering game; programming a controller to select at least one randomly-selected outcome from a plurality of outcomes in response to the receiving step for playing the wagering game, at least two of the plurality of outcomes being associated with different credit values awarded to the player; representing the credit values on a display as a non-numeric dynamic element, the non-numeric dynamic element having an original size and being able to change between the original size and another size; increasing the original size of the non-numeric dynamic element on the display to the another size in accordance with increases in the credit values received from the randomly-selected outcomes to visually represent the increases in the credit values as the increases are occurring; and decreasing said another size of the non-numeric dynamic element on the display in response to the wager being greater than the increases in the credit values received from the randomly-selected outcomes.