Patent ID: 6224483
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A method of playing a gaming machine having a main slot machine with at least five reels and five or more paylines and a secondary event rotating wheel bonus game with a rotating wheel having a plurality of payout segments, each payout segment having a payout amount associated therewith, comprising:a) making a wager of at least one credit on at least one of the paylines on the main slot machine;b) activating the main slot machine to cause the reels to spin;c) when the reels stop spinning, determining which symbols appear on the paylines upon which a wager has been made;d) awarding a payout if one or more of preselected winning combinations appear on any of the paylines on which a wager has been made;e) determining a number of bonus spins of the rotating wheel by the number of paylines activated on the main slot machine and awarding the determined number of bonus spins of the rotating wheel if a preselected secondary event bonus combination is achieved on one of the pay lines of the main slot machine;f) determining which payout segment of the rotating wheel appears on a payline of the rotating wheel; andg) on each bonus spin of the rotating wheel, awarding a payout to the player corresponding to the payout segment appearing on the pay line of the rotating wheel.