Patent ID: 8540561

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for gaming on a slot machine, the method comprising: (a) when a bonus game is triggered, the slot machine displaying a plurality of jigsaw puzzle pieces on a display screen of the slot machine, the plurality of jigsaw puzzle pieces being associated with a jigsaw puzzle; (b) the slot machine receiving a player's selection of one of the plurality of jigsaw puzzle pieces via the display screen; (c) in response to the player's selection, the slot machine determining a prize associated with the selected jigsaw puzzle piece; and (d) after the prize is determined and without receiving a further player's selection, the slot machine: animating the selected jigsaw puzzle piece, displaying the determined prize associated with the selected jigsaw puzzle piece on the display screen; and then removing the selected jigsaw puzzle piece from the display screen such that when another bonus game is triggered, jigsaw puzzle pieces that have not been selected by the player are displayed for the player's selection.