Patent ID: 8425309

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising a game controller that is arranged to allow a player to play a game that comprises a plurality of stages, the game controller being further arranged to be able to sequentially progress through the stages and for each of the stages make a determination of a stage outcome, the game controller is also arranged to: (1) award a prize to the player and progress to a next one of the stages if the stage outcome corresponds to a successful outcome, and (2) terminate the game to stop progress to the next one of the stages if the stage outcome corresponds to an unsuccessful outcome; and wherein the determination probability of success of the stage outcome is derived from an average value of the respective prize, the average value of the respective prize being based on an accumulation of a plurality of prizes each of which is associated with a unique one of the stages, the average value of the respective prize further corresponding to at least one probability value by way of at least one mathematical function.