Patent ID: 6986711

Claim:
A method for playing a casino game of chance with random entry from an underlying slot machine to a bonus game, the method for playing the casino game of chance comprising: displaying in a display a plurality of paths for play of the bonus game, each of the plurality of paths having a plurality of positions, at least one of the plurality of positions having an associated outcome; a player selecting one of the plurality of displayed paths in the play of the bonus game; randomly providing a number of moves in the bonus game; moving, in response to the provided random number of moves, along the selected one path a corresponding number of positions corresponding to the provided number of moves to land on a position in the display; awarding the player in the bonus game based upon any outcome associated with the position landed on; repeating the aforesaid steps of randomly providing and moving in response to landing on the position until the bonus game ends; providing a fixed player expected value in the bonus game for each of the plurality of paths.