Multi-stage player wheel section set selection
Gaming systems and method that provide a play of a multi-stage game including a first stage during which a quantity of sections of a wheel are accumulated for subsequent use in a second stage of the play of the multi-stage game, and the second stage during which the accumulated quantity of sections of the wheel are employed to select sections of the wheel before the sections are displayed with awards displayed in association with the selected sections.
1. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
causing a display, by a display device, of selectable masked tiles respectively associated with a plurality of different quantities of sections of a wheel;
causing a display, by the display device, of an accumulated quantity of sections after a quantity of the selectable masked tiles are selected;
causing a display, by the display device, of the wheel and a plurality of selectable sections of the wheel, wherein the sections are respectively associated with different awards, and wherein the sections are displayed without displaying any of the awards in association with the sections;
for each of the accumulated quantity of sections, responsive to receipt of a player selection of one of the sections, causing a display, by the display device, of an indication of that section;
thereafter, causing a display, by the display device, of the respective award associated with each of the sections selected by the player;
causing a display, by the display device, of the wheel spinning;
causing a processor to randomly determine one of the sections; and
causing a display, by the display device, of the wheel stopped after spinning and such that an indicator indicates the randomly determined section.
2. The method of claim 1 , which comprises causing the processor to randomly determine the quantity of the masked tiles that can be selected.
3. The method of claim 1 , which comprises selecting the quantity of the selectable masked tiles based on a wager level in a play of a primary game.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the accumulated quantity of sections of the wheel is less than the quantity of sections of the wheel.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the sections of the wheel have an equal probability of being randomly determined.
6. The method of claim 1 , which comprises, for a default section of the wheel, causing a display, by the display device, of an indication of the default section and of a respective award associated with the default section.
7. The method of claim 1 , which comprises causing a display, by the display device, after each masked tile is selected, of a quantity of the sections of the wheel associated with that masked tile.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quantity of the sections of the wheel associated with one of the masked tiles is zero.
9. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
causing a display, by a display device, of selectable masked tiles respectively associated with different awards for sections of a wheel without displaying the awards;
causing a display, by the display device, of one of the awards associated with a selected one of the masked tiles;
causing a display, by the display device, of the wheel, a default section of the wheel, and a default award associated with the default section;
causing a display, by the display device, of an indication of one of the sections of the wheel and the award associated with the selected one of the masked tiles in association with that section;
causing a display, by the display device, of the wheel spinning;
causing a processor to randomly determine one of the sections of the wheel; and
causing a display, by the display device, of the wheel stopped after spinning and such that an indicator indicates the randomly determined section.
10. The method of claim 9 , which comprises causing the processor to randomly determine a quantity of the masked tiles that can be selected.
11. The method of claim 9 , which comprises selecting the quantity of the selectable masked tiles based on a wager level in a play of a primary game.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein each of the sections of the wheel have an equal probability of being randomly determined.
13. The method of claim 9 , which comprises, for a default section of the wheel, causing a display, by the display device, of an indication of the default section and of a respective award associated with the default section.
14. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
causing a display, by a display device, of a first stage of a multi-play stage game during which a quantity of sections of a wheel are accumulated for subsequent use in a second stage of the multi-stage game; and
causing a display, by the display device, of the second stage of the multi-play stage during which the accumulated quantity of sections of the wheel are employed to select sections of the wheel before the sections are displayed with awards displayed in association with the selected sections, and wherein the second stage further comprises:
causing a display, by the display device, of the wheel spinning;
causing a processor to randomly determine one of the sections of the wheel; and
causing a display, by the display device, of the wheel stopped after spinning and such that an indicator indicates the randomly determined section and the award associated with the indicated randomly determined section.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first stage comprises:
causing a display, by the display device, of selectable masked tiles respectively associated with a plurality of different quantities of sections of the wheel; and
causing a display, by the display device, of an accumulated quantity of sections after a quantity of the selectable masked tiles are selected.
16. The method of claim 15 , which comprises causing the processor to randomly determine the quantity of the masked tiles that can be selected.
17. The method of claim 15 , which comprises selecting the quantity of the selectable masked tiles is based on a wager level in a play of a primary game.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the accumulated quantity of sections of the wheel is less than the quantity of sections of the wheel.
19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the quantity of the sections of the wheel associated with one of the masked tiles is zero.
20. The method of claim 14 , which comprises, for a default section of the wheel, causing a display, by the display device, of an indication of the default section and of a respective award associated with the default section.