Patent ID: 7833092

Claim:
A method for compensating for a player choice in a game of chance on a gaming machine, the method comprising the steps of: defining a plurality of outcomes, the outcomes displayed on the gaming machine; providing a sequence of positions on the gaming machine; providing a reference position associated with one of the positions in the sequence of positions ; providing a plurality of pointers, each pointer associated with a different position in the sequence of positions and having an offset value with respect to the reference position along the sequence of positions; positioning, responsive to a selection of one of the pointers, the reference position according to the offset value associated with the selected one pointer, so that the reference position is associated with a position in the sequence of positions indicated by the selected one pointer; receiving a number determining one outcome of the plurality of outcomes according to a predefined probability associated with the reference position; and outputting the determined one outcome at the position associated with the reference position as positioned according to the offset value.