Patent ID: 6926607

Claim:
A video slot machine comprising: a video display device; a cpu having a program operating a slots base game; a wager input mechanism which registers a wager placed by a player to initiate play, said wager including an ability to register bets upon successive stages of play of the slots base game; a plurality of rotatable reels generated by said program for said slots base game, each of said reels being comprised of a plurality of different indicia, wherein each of said reels is caused by said program to appear to rotate and then randomly stop to thereby yield a display of certain indicia as a spin of said reels; said program establishing a first stage spin for said slots base game, and determining whether said first stage spin presents a winning condition based upon a preset ranking of various indicia arrangements; said program establishing a second stage spin for said slots base game if a bet has been registered for said second stage spin and a winning condition is presented by said first stage spin, but if a losing condition is presented by said first stage spin, the game is over and at least a portion of bets on said first and second stage spins are lost; said program including a payout output based upon said wager and predetermined values far said first and second stage spins according to said preset ranking.