Patent ID: 7618319
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming machine, the wagering game having a plurality of potential winning game outcomes, each winning outcome comprising a predetermined arrangement of available symbols, the gaming machine including a display device and a controller having a processor and a memory, the display device displaying a first randomly-generated array of symbols, the method comprising: enabling a side-bet scheme configured to award an award if a selected symbol associated with a side-bet comprises a part of a winning outcome in a subsequent randomly-generated array of symbols; in response to detecting a player selection of a symbol from the displayed first array of symbols, displaying a side-bet pop-up window of the side-bet scheme, the side-bet pop up window including a player-selectable side-bet option associated with the selected symbol; detecting a side-bet wager placed via the side-bet pop-up window, the side-bet wager indicating player selection of the side-bet option to associate the selected symbol with an award if the selected symbol comprises a part of a winning outcome in a subsequent randomly generated array of symbols; displaying a second randomly-generated array of symbols on the display device, the second randomly-generated array of symbols corresponding to an outcome of the wagering game.