Patent ID: 9064378
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of awarding a mystery degressive bonus on a gaming machine comprising: providing an initial award in an amount selectable by a player of the gaming machine for the player to use in a bonus game having a rotatable wheel with a plurality of positions around the perimeter that are each associated with a decrementing amount, the bonus game being playable via the gaming machine; indicating on a first display of the gaming machine the amount of the initial award; determining a number of wheel rotations the player must complete before the bonus round ends, the number of wheel rotations being a function of the amount of the initial award selected by the player; indicating the determined number of wheel rotations on a second display of the gaming machine; rotating the wheel responsive to a player-initiated input; determining the position designated by the indicator after the wheel stops rotating; decrementing the current amount of the award by the decrementing amount associated with the determined position; indicating on the first display the current amount of the award; decrementing the current number of wheel rotations by one; indicating on the second display of the gaming machine the current number of wheel rotations the player must complete before the bonus game ends; providing the current amount of the award to the player after completion of the displayed wheel rotations.