Patent ID: 6168520
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A game process, implemented using a computer, comprising: receiving a monetary wager from a player; controlling a first display device to display an image of at least a portion of a first simulated value range, said image, during at least a first period of said display, containing a first plurality of indicia including at least one indicium designated as a next level indicium; upon the next level indicium being selected on the first simulated value range during the first period, controlling a display to show at least a portion of a bonus wheel rotatable about a first axis, said wheel having J indicia on a face thereof where J is an integer and situated adjacent at least a first pointer for indicating one of said J indicia after rotation about said first axis has stopped, wherein at least a first of said indicia is a bankrupt indication and a second of said indicia is a bonus indication; storing, in said computer, information defining a mapping between integers 1 through J, corresponding, respectively to said J indicia, and integers 1 through M where M is an integer greater than J; randomly selecting a first integer between 1 and M designated as x; controlling said display device to simulate selection of one of said J indicia wherein x is mapped to at least one position that corresponds to a display position y in the range between 1 and J inclusive; and displaying an indicium located at said display position y on said bonus wheel and indicated by said first pointer.