Wheel section selection
Gaming systems and methods that provide a wheel section selection feature including a displayed wheel including a plurality of displayed gaming system selectable sections for a play of a secondary game. In various embodiments, one or more shared sections of the wheel and/or a wheel section indicator associated with the wheel are enhanced for the play of the secondary game based on a wager level in a play of the primary game.
1. A gaming system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
cause a display, by a display device, of a first play of a primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of a secondary game triggering event occurring in association with the first play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of an indication of a secondary game enhancement condition not being satisfied for the first play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of a wheel comprising a plurality of sections and a shared section for a first play of the secondary game, wherein the shared section overlaps two of the sections and wherein the shared section is of a first size;
cause a display, by the display device, of a second play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of the secondary game triggering event occurring in association with the second play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of an indication of the secondary game enhancement condition being satisfied for the second play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel comprising the plurality of sections and the shared section for the second play of the secondary game, wherein the shared section overlaps two of the sections and the shared section is of a second size that is larger than the first size; and
for the second play of the secondary game:
cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel spinning,
cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel stopped, and
cause a display, by the display device, of a wheel section indicator indicating one of the sections of the wheel or the shared section.
2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the secondary game enhancement condition is satisfied based on a wager amount associated with the second play of the primary game being at or above a wager threshold amount.
3. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the secondary game enhancement condition is satisfied for the second play of the primary game responsive to a maximum wager amount being associated with the second play of the primary game.
4. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the shared section is of a minimum size responsive to a minimum wager amount associated with the second play of the primary game, and the shared section is of a maximum size responsive to a maximum wager amount associated with the second play of the primary game.
5. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the wheel comprises a plurality of shared sections for the second play of the secondary game, wherein each of the shared sections overlaps a different pair of the sections of the wheel.
6. The gaming system of claim 5 , wherein each of the shared sections is of an equal size.
7. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the shared section is associated with a function of each of the two sections that the shared section overlaps.
8. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
responsive to the secondary game triggering event occurring in association with the first play of the primary game and responsive to the secondary game enhancement condition not being satisfied for the first play of the primary game, cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel section indicator being a first size; and
responsive to the secondary game triggering event occurring in association with the second play of the primary game and responsive to the secondary game enhancement condition being satisfied for the second play of the primary game, cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel section indicator being a second size that is larger than the first size.
9. A gaming system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
cause a display, by a display device, of a first play of a primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of a secondary game triggering event occurring in association with the first play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of different first and second secondary game enhancement conditions not being satisfied for the first play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of a wheel comprising a plurality of sections and a plurality of shared sections for a first play of the secondary game, wherein each of shared sections overlaps a different pair of the plurality of sections and each of the shared sections is of a first size;
cause a display, by the display device, of a second play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of the secondary game triggering event occurring in association with the second play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of the first secondary game enhancement condition being satisfied for the second play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel comprising the plurality of sections and the plurality of shared sections for the second play of the secondary game, wherein each of the shared sections overlaps the different pair of the plurality of the sections and each of the shared sections is of a second size that is larger than the first size;
cause a display, by the display device, of a third play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of the secondary game triggering event occurring in association with the third play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of the second secondary game enhancement condition being satisfied for the third play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel comprising the plurality of sections and the plurality of shared sections for the third play of the secondary game, wherein each of the shared section overlaps the different pair of the plurality of the sections and each of the shared sections is of a third size that is larger than the second size; and
for the third play of the secondary game:
cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel spinning,
cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel stopped, and
cause a display, by the display device, of a wheel section indicator indicating one of the sections or one of the shared sections.
10. The gaming system of claim 9 , wherein the first and second secondary game enhancement conditions are satisfied based on a wager amount associated with the play of the primary game.
11. The gaming system of claim 9 , wherein the first secondary game enhancement condition is satisfied based on a wager amount associated with the play of the primary game being at or above a first threshold wager amount, and the second secondary game enhancement condition is satisfied based on the wager amount associated with the play of the primary game being at or above a second threshold wager amount that is higher than the first threshold wager amount.
12. The gaming system of claim 9 , wherein the second secondary game enhancement condition is satisfied for the play of the primary game responsive to a maximum wager amount being associated with the play of the primary game.
13. The gaming system of claim 9 , wherein the shared section is of a minimum size responsive to a minimum wager amount associated with the play of the primary game, and the shared section is of a maximum size responsive to a maximum wager amount associated with the play of the primary game.
14. The gaming system of claim 9 , wherein each of the shared sections have an equal probability of being randomly selected in the play of the secondary game.
15. The gaming system of claim 9 , wherein each of the shared sections is associated with a function of each of the two sections that the shared section overlaps.
16. A gaming system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
cause a display, by a display device, of a first play of a primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of a secondary game triggering event occurring in association with the first play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of a secondary game enhancement condition not being satisfied for the first play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of a wheel section indicator and a wheel comprising a plurality of sections for a first play of the secondary game, wherein the wheel section indicator is of a first size configured to indicate a first quantity of sections of the wheel;
cause a display, by the display device, of a second play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of the secondary game triggering event occurring in association with the second play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of the secondary game enhancement condition being satisfied for the second play of the primary game;
cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel section indicator and the wheel comprising the plurality of sections for the second play of the secondary game, wherein the wheel section indicator is of a second size that is larger than the first size and wherein the wheel section indicator is configured to indicate one of a second quantity of sections of the wheel and a third quantity of sections of the wheel; and
for the second play of the secondary game:
cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel spinning,
cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel stopped, and
cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel section indicator indicating one of the first, second, and third quantities of sections of the wheel.
17. The gaming system of claim 16 , wherein the first quantity and the second quantity are a same quantity, and the third quantity is a greater quantity.
18. The gaming system of claim 16 , wherein the third quantity is more than the second quantity, and the second quantity is more than the first quantity.
19. The gaming system of claim 16 , wherein the secondary game enhancement condition is satisfied based on a wager amount associated with the second play of the primary game being at or above a threshold wager amount.
20. The gaming system of claim 16 , wherein the secondary game enhancement condition is satisfied for the second play of the primary game responsive to a maximum wager amount being associated with the second play of the primary game.