Patent ID: 8113937

Claim:
An electronic gaming console having credit means, reward means, game control means, display means, and player input controls, the control means being responsive to the credit means and the player input controls to play a game which is displayed on the display means and if a winning event occurs, a player reward is awarded by the reward means, the gaming console being characterised in that the game provides a video display of a labyrinth of pins on the display means and the player input controls allow a player to initiate motion of virtual ball images on the display means, player rewards being awarded when virtual ball images come to rest in predetermined prize winning locations of the display means, wherein the predetermined prize winning locations in which the virtual ball images come to rest include a row of buckets disposed below the labyrinth of pins, wherein the labyrinth of pins has a pin configuration that is dependent on credits wagered in the credit means, wherein the player input controls allow the player to initiate firing of the virtual ball images on the display means and to control firing parameters for the virtual ball images.