Patent ID: 7887413

Claim:
An amusement game adapted to dispense prizes comprising: a processor for generating game play; a display adapted to communicate game play outcomes generated by the processor to a user; an input adapted to enable a user to influence the processor's generation of game play outcomes; a dispenser adapted to store prizes and dispense prizes via an outlet; wherein the processor executes a program and is adapted to operate the dispenser to dispense prizes to a user in accordance with the program, the program being adapted to: i) receive input indicating whether the user wants to win a major prize or a minor prize; ii) if the received input indicates the user wants to win the minor prize, control the dispenser of the amusement game to dispense the minor prize; iii) if the received input indicates the user wants to win the major prize: a) generate game play; b) if the game play outcome corresponds to a user winning the major prize, operate the dispenser to dispense the major prize; c) if the game play outcome does not correspond to a user winning the major prize, determining whether the user is allowed a further attempt to win the prize; d) if the user is allowed a further attempt to win the major prize, reiterate steps i)-iii); and e) if the user is not allowed a further attempt to win the major prize, terminate game play.