Patent ID: 8342939

Claim:
A method of playing a game in a gaming console with the game console having a game controller, wherein the game including a spinning reel game having a plurality of rotatable strips, and a pin-and-ball game having a labyrinth of pins and holes, the method comprising: receiving a wager for the game; generating via the game controller a plurality of buckets in response to said wager; generating a spinning reel game outcome while visually displaying a spinning of said strips; visually firing a ball onto said pins and holes via the gaming controller, thereby allowing said ball a chance to land in a said bucket; determining via the game controller a said bucket in which said ball has landed, and a combination of said outcome; awarding a prize in response to said ball landing in a said bucket and said spinning game having a said combination; in response to said ball landing in a selected bucket, triggering via the game controller a second game having a skip moving around in said second game, a second labyrinth of pins and holes, and a plurality of cups extending between said pins; firing via the game controller a second ball onto said second labyrinth of pins and holes, thereby allowing said second ball a chance to land in one of said cups and moveable skip; and generating via the game controller an award based on said prize value of a said cup or said moveable skip in which said second ball has landed.