Casino game having lanes with displayed targets
View Patent ↗A bonus game for an underlying base casino machine played by a player wherein the bonus game provides a Pachinko playing field, a ball propelled onto the Pachinko playing field when a bonus condition occurs during play of an underlying casino game. The Pachinko playing field having a row of lanes so that the ball, after traversing the playing field, travels through one of the lanes. A display at said row of lanes on said playing field for displaying at the lanes, targets, digits used to form a decimal number, graphic symbols used to perform a mathematical operation, symbols appearing in the underlying game outcome, so as to provide awards, wild symbols, extended game play, etc.
1. A method for playing a bonus casino game comprising:
starting play of the bonus casino game when a bonus condition occurs in an underlying casino game;
displaying a graphic across at least one exit lane of a plurality of exit lanes in the bonus casino game;
displaying a plurality of numerical award values at the remaining exit lanes of said plurality of exit lanes not displaying the graphic;
launching a ball onto a playing field for said bonus casino game, the ball exiting one of the plurality of exit lanes;
when the ball exits an exit lane displaying the graphic, then performing a predetermined mathematical operation on the plurality of numerical awards;
issuing a game response indication based on the predetermined mathematical operation.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of exit lanes are oriented in a row.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the graphic is across three adjacent exit lanes in the row.
4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
randomly selecting the graphic for display from a plurality of graphics, each of the plurality of graphics having a different length, the length based on how many adjacent exit lanes the graphic is displayed across.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined mathematical operation is a summation of all of the plurality of numeric award values.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined mathematical operation is a summation of some of the plurality of numeric award values.
7. A method for playing a bonus casino game comprising:
starting play of the bonus casino game when a bonus condition occurs in an underlying casino game;
randomly selecting a graphic for display from a plurality of graphics, each of the plurality of graphics having a different length, the length based on how many adjacent exit lanes the graphic is displayed across;
displaying the selected graphic across at least one exit lane in a row of exit lanes;
displaying a plurality of numerical award values at the remaining exit lanes in the row of exit lanes not displaying the selected graphic;
launching a ball onto a playing field for said bonus casino game, the ball exiting one of the exit lanes;
when the ball exits an exit lane displaying the selected graphic, then performing a summation of the plurality of numerical awards;
issuing a game response indication based on the summation.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the predetermined mathematical operation is a summation of all of the plurality of numeric award values.
9. The method of claim 7 wherein the predetermined mathematical operation is a summation of some of the plurality of numeric award values.
10. The method of claim 7 wherein said displaying comprises:
moving the selected graphic across the row of exit lanes during play of the bonus casino game.
11. The method of claim 7 further comprising:
ending the casino bonus game when the ball exits an exit lane without said selected graphic.
12. The method of claim 7 wherein the selected graphic is across three adjacent exit lanes in the row.
13. The method of claim 7 wherein the selected graphic is across one exit lane in the row.