Patent ID: 7267611

Claim:
A gaming machine for playing a Bunco-type dice game comprising: a video display device; a cpu having a program operating a dice game; a wager input mechanism which registers a wager placed by a player; said program establishing a set of differing gameplay dice elements, including a subset of at least one match point at the start of the game, each said match point having a match indicium for potential matching with a subsequent toss of the dice elements; said program establishing and displaying a random toss of a plurality of dice elements at each stage of play, and determining for each die element tossed at a stage of play whether its randomly selected indicium matches said match indicium of said match point; said program eliminating from play any match point which is not matched on a toss, and determining whether to continue with a toss on a subsequent stage of play up to a preset maximum number of stages provided that at least one match point remains for each such subsequent stage; and a payout mechanism providing an award according to a predetermined first paytable for each match on a toss.