Patent ID: 8414376
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system operable to play a game comprising a base game and a feature game, the gaming system comprising: a game controller arranged to control the play of the base game and the feature game; at least one display in data communication with the game controller to display game play of the base game and the feature game; a player interface in data communication with the game controller to enable the player to control at least some aspect of game play of the game; and wherein the game controller is arranged to control play of the feature game so that: a) the feature game comprises at least one series of game events in which a plurality of symbols, from at least one predetermined symbol set that includes at least a first symbol and a second symbol, are randomly selected and displayed on the at least one display, and b) awards a bonus dependent on an outcome of the at least one series of game events; and wherein during play of the feature game, the game controller is arranged to monitor the number of occurrences of the at least first symbol and the number of occurrences of the at least second symbol in the at least one series of game events and to evaluate the number of occurrences of the at least first symbol and the number of occurrences of the at least second symbols against predetermined criteria, wherein the outcome of the at least one series of game events is dependent on the evaluation of occurrences and wherein the outcome involves determining one of said at least first and second symbols to be a winning symbol and determining the other of said at least first and second symbols to be a losing symbol based on said evaluation of occurrences, and wherein the gaming system is operable to allow a player of the gaming system to use the player interface to select one of said at least first and second symbols prior to the at least one series of game events, wherein the bonus is awarded if the symbol selected by the player is evaluated to be a winning symbol in said outcome; and wherein said predetermined criteria includes whether: a) a predetermined symbol of the at least first and second symbols cumulatively occurs more or less frequently than the other at least first and second symbols; or b) a predetermined symbol of the at least first and second symbols occurs a predetermined number of times before the other at least first and second symbols occur a predetermined number of times.