Claims
- 1. A gaming device having a bonus game comprising:
a plurality of selection sets, each said selection set related to at least one other selection set; a plurality of player selectable selections in a plurality of said selections sets; a plurality of awards associated with said plurality of selections; a display device for displaying said selection sets to a player; a selector for enabling the player to pick said selections; and a processor which communicates with the display device and the selector, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in a first of said selection sets limits the available selections for the player to subsequently pick in another of the selection sets which is related to the first selection set, and which provides the player said awards associated with said player picked selections.
- 2. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein at least one selection set is related to a plurality of other selection sets.
- 3. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein each selection set is displayed by the display device adjacent to one of the other selection sets related to said selection set.
- 4. The gaming device of claim 3, wherein the display device displays the selection sets in a sequence in which the player picks selections from each set.
- 5. The gaming device of claim 4, wherein each selection set has more selections than an adjacent selection set in said sequence.
- 6. The gaming device of claim 4, wherein each selection set has less selections than an adjacent selection set in said sequence.
- 7. The gaming device of claim 4, wherein each selection set has an equal number of selections.
- 8. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein said selector is a touch screen connected to said display device and which communicates with said processor.
- 9. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes a limited number of selections which the player may pick in each selection set.
- 10. The gaming device of claim 9, wherein the limited number is one.
- 11. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the number of selections the player may pick in each selection set is equal to the number of selections in each selection set.
- 12. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the player may pick one of the selections from the selection set from which the player has immediately previously picked a selection.
- 13. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in one of the selection sets limits the selections which the player may subsequently pick in a directly related selection set.
- 14. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in one of the selection sets limits the selections which the player may subsequently pick in a plurality of directly related selection sets.
- 15. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in one of the selection sets limits the selections which the player may subsequently pick in an indirectly related selection set.
- 16. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in one selection set limits the selections which the player may subsequently pick in a plurality of indirectly related selection sets.
- 17. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in one of the selection sets limits the selections which the player may subsequently pick in a plurality of directly and indirectly related selection sets.
- 18. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in one of the selection sets limits the selection sets from which the player may subsequently pick a selection.
- 19. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes one of the plurality of awards associated with each selection, wherein the processor reveals the award associated with each player selected selection after the player selects said selection.
- 20. The gaming device of claim 19, wherein the plurality of awards associated with each non-selected selection in one of the selection sets are revealed after one of the selections from said selection set is selected by the player.
- 21. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes one of the plurality of awards associated with each selection, wherein the processor reveals the awards associated with the player selected selections after the player selects one of the selections from each selection set.
- 22. The gaming device of claim 21, wherein the plurality of awards associated with all the selectable selections are revealed to the player after the player selects one of the selections from each selection set.
- 23. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes at least one terminator associated with at least one selection in at least one selection set.
- 24. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes a plurality of terminators associated with a plurality of selectable selections in said selection sets.
- 25. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes a terminator associated with one selection in each selection set.
- 26. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes a number of player picks of said selections.
- 27. The gaming device of claim 26, wherein the number of picks of selections is equal to the number of selection sets.
- 28. The gaming device of claim 26, wherein the number of picks of selections is less than the number of selection sets.
- 29. The gaming device of claim 26, which includes at least one additional player pick associated with at least one selection in at least one selection set.
- 30. The gaming device of claim 29, wherein said additional player pick increases the number of player picks of said selections.
- 31. The gaming device of claim 26, wherein an average of the awards associated with the plurality of selections in one of the selection sets is greater than an average of the awards associated with the plurality of selections in a related selection set.
- 32. A gaming device having a bonus game comprising:
a plurality of selection sets, each said selection set related to at least one other selection set; a plurality of player selectable selections in a plurality of said selections sets; a plurality of offers associated with said plurality of selections; a display device for displaying said selection sets to a player; a selector for enabling the player to pick said selections; an offer acceptor; and a processor which communicates with the display device and the selector, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in a first one of the selection sets limits the available selections for the player to pick in another of the selection sets which is related to said first selection set, which communicates with the offer acceptor and the selector to enable the player to accept the offer associated with the selection picked by the player from the first selection set or to pick one of the selections in one of the selection sets directly related to the selection set, and which provides the player said offer associated with said accepted selection.
- 33. A gaming device having a bonus game comprising:
a plurality of selection sets, each selection set related to at least one other selection set; a plurality of player selectable selections in a plurality of said selections sets; a plurality of awards associated with said plurality of selections; a display device for displaying said selection sets selections to a player; a selector for enabling the player to pick said selections; and a processor which communicates with the display device and the selector, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in a first one of the selection sets limits the available selections for the player to pick in another of the selection sets which is related to said first selection set, wherein said processor includes means for modifying the player's selected selections and which provides the player said awards associated with said modified player selected selections.
- 34. The gaming device of claim 33, whereby the modifying means randomly deselects prior selected selections.
- 35. The gaming device of claim 34, which includes an acceptor in communication with the processor which enables the player to end the bonus game and obtain the awards associated with the selected selections.
- 36. The gaming device of claim 33, whereby the modifying means randomly selects prior non-selected selections.
- 37. The gaming device of claim 33, whereby the modifying means randomly deselects prior selected selections and selects prior non-selected selections.
- 38. The gaming device of claim 37, which includes an acceptor in communication with the processor which enables the player to end the bonus game, and obtain the awards associated with the selected selections.
- 39. The gaming device of claim 33, which includes at least one terminator associated with at least one selection in at least one selection set.
- 40. The gaming device of claim 33, which includes a plurality of terminators associated with a plurality of selectable selections in said selection sets.
- 41. The gaming device of claim 33, which includes a terminator associated with one selection in each selection set.
- 42. A gaming device having a bonus game comprising:
a plurality of selection sets, each selection set related to at least one other selection set; a plurality of player selectable selections in a plurality of said selections sets; a plurality of awards associated with said plurality of selections; a display device for displaying said selection sets; a selector for enabling a player to pick said selections; a number of total picks of said selections; at least one pick modifier associated with at least one selection; and a processor which communicates with the display device and the selector, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in a first of said selection sets limits the available selections for the player to subsequently pick in another of the selection sets which is related to said first selection set, which modifies the player's number of total picks and which provides the player said awards associated with said player picked selections.
- 43. The gaming device of claim 42, wherein an average value of the awards associated with the plurality of selections in each selection set is greater than an average value of the awards associated with the plurality of selections from a prior related selection set.
- 44. The gaming device of claim 42, which includes a plurality of pick modifiers associated with said plurality of selections.
- 45. The gaming device of claim 42, wherein the pick modifier increases the number of total picks of selections by at least one.
- 46. The gaming device of claim 42, wherein the pick modifier decreases the number of total picks of selections by at least one.
- 47. The gaming device of claim 42, wherein a plurality of selections in a first selection set can be selected from said first selection set, and said processor limits the selections which the player may pick in a related selection set based on the last selection picked by said player in said first selection set.
- 48. The gaming device of claim 42, which includes at least one terminator associated with at least one selection in at least one selection set.
- 49. The gaming device of claim 42, which includes a plurality of terminators associated with a plurality of selectable selections in said selection sets.
- 50. The gaming device of claim 42, which includes a terminator associated with one selection in each selection set.
- 51. A gaming device having a bonus game comprising:
a plurality of selection sets, each said selection set related to at least one other selection set; a plurality of player selectable selections in a plurality of said selections sets; a plurality of awards associated with said plurality of selections; a display device for displaying said selection sets to a player; a selector for enabling the player to pick said selections; and a processor which communicates with the display device and the selector, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in a first of said selection sets limits a plurality of the available selection sets for the player to subsequently pick, and which provides the player said awards associated with said player picked selections.
- 52. A gaming device comprising:
a display device; and a processor which controls the display device, said processor and said display device adapted to:
(a) trigger a bonus round; (b) associate a plurality of awards with a plurality of player selectable selections from a plurality of selection sets; (c) enable a player to pick one of said selections in one of the selection sets; (d) reveal any award associated with said picked selection; (e) enable the player to pick one of the selections in a related selection set, wherein said selections are related to the selection previously picked by the player from the previous selection set; (f) repeat steps (d) through (e) at least once; (g) provide the player all of the awards associated with the selections picked by the player; and (h) terminate the bonus round.
- 53. A gaming device having a bonus game comprising:
a plurality of related selection sets, wherein each selection set is directly related to at least one other selection set; a plurality of player selectable selections in each of said selections sets; an award associated with each of said selections in said selection sets; a display device for displaying said selection sets and said awards to a player; a selector for enabling a player to pick said selections; and a processor which communicates with the display device and the selector, wherein the player's pick of one of the selections in a first selection set limits the available selections for the player to subsequently pick in a directly related selection set and at least one indirectly related selection set, and which provides the player said awards associated with said player selected selections.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application relates to the following co-pending commonly owned applications: “GAMING DEVICE HAVING PYRAMID BONUS SCHEME,” Ser. No. 09/656,702, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-008; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING SEPARATELY CHANGEABLE VALUE AND MODIFIER BONUS SCHEME,” Ser. No. 09/626,045, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-010; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING A BONUS ROUND WITH MULTIPLE RANDOM AWARD GENERATION AND MULTIPLE RETURN/RISK SCENARIOS,” Ser. No. 09/678,989, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-020; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AWARD THROUGH AWARD ELIMINATION OR REPLACEMENT,” Ser. No. 09/686,283, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-139; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING AN AWARD EXCHANGE BONUS ROUND AND METHOD FOR REVEALING AWARD EXCHANGE POSSIBILITIES,” Ser. No. 09/689,510, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-140; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING GRADUATING AWARD EXCHANGE SEQUENCE WITH A TEASE CONSOLATION SEQUENCE AND AN INITIAL QUALIFYING SEQUENCE,” Ser. No. 09/680,601, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-142; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING A DESTINATION PURSUIT BONUS SCHEME WITH ADVANCED AND SETBACK CONDITIONS,” Ser. No. 09/686,409, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-152; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING VALUE SELECTION BONUS” Ser. No. 09/684,605, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-156; “GAMING DEVICE WITH A BONUS SCHEME HAVING REPEATED SELECTION OF VALUE SETS WITH OPTION TO SAVE VALUES,” Ser. No. 09/684,533, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-469; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING AN ELEMENT AND ELEMENT GROUP SELECTION AND ELIMINATION BONUS SCHEME,” Ser. No. 09/689,381, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-478; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE BONUS SCHEME,” Ser. No. 09/680,630, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-486; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING OFFER ACCEPTANCE GAME WITH TERMINATION LIMIT,” Ser. No. 09/822,711, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-606; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING OFFER/ACCEPTANCE ADVANCE THRESHOLD AND LIMIT BONUS SCHEME,” Ser. No. 09/838,014, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-607; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING BONUS GAME COMBINING ACCEPT.REJECT AND ALTERNATIVE BONUS,” Ser. No. ______, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-719; “GAMING DEVICE HAVING AN AWARD OFFER AND TERMINATION BONUS SCHEME,” Ser. No. 09/682,428, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-743; and “GAMING DEVICE HAVING AN AWARD DISTRIBUTOR AND AN AWARD ACCUMULATOR BONUS GAME,” Ser. No. 09/682,369, Attorney Docket No. 0112300-766.