Patent ID: 7175521
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming method comprising: receiving a wager from a player; displaying an image representing a game; determining if an event has occurred; displaying a matrix including a plurality of spaces if the event has occurred, an initial display of the matrix having fewer than all of the plurality of spaces having a trivia topic associated therewith; providing a pass responsive to receipt of an amount of money or to exchange of an amount of game credits, wherein neither the amount of money nor the amount of game credits is associated with the wager; receiving a selection of a space having a trivia topic associated therewith; selecting a trivia question according to the trivia topic associated with the space selected; displaying the trivia question and a plurality of possible answers to the trivia question; receiving a selection of one of the plurality of possible answers from the player or a selection of the pass; determining if the one of the plurality of possible answers is correct or incorrect, or if the pass was selected; and providing an award if the one of the plurality of possible answers is correct or the pass was selected, but not if the one of the plurality of possible answers is incorrect.