Patent ID: 8152620

Claim:
A method for initializing a desired game in an electronic gaming machine, wherein a predefined fee is required to be paid to play the game and game events are displayed on a screen, the method which comprises: offering to a player the following alternatives: a) play the preliminary game, and select or define different probabilities or chances of winning the preliminary game, the preliminary game only permitting a win or a loss without setting or paying a win amount, the player selecting or defining the different probabilities or chances of winning from a range of possible probabilities or chances; and b) decline an offer to play a preliminary game before the desired game; the electronic gaming machine being configured to: if the player declines the preliminary game, play the desired game with predefined chances of winning and predefined win amounts; and if the player selects the preliminary game, and, after the preliminary game has been played, establish a preliminary win or a preliminary loss; in case of a preliminary win, playing the desired game, and adjusting chances of winning and/or win amounts for the desired game or a predefined number of desired games in dependence on the probabilities or chances of winning selected by the player; all of the wins in the preliminary game are determined with the chances or probabilities of winning being predefined according to statistical or random criteria; in case of a preliminary loss, terminating game play, and optionally offering the alternatives a) and b); and when a number of preliminary games are lost or when the desired game is not reached very often, determining additional possibilities of winning and/or win amounts according to statistical criteria and granting the additional possibilities.