US 11,869,311 B2
Gaming machine with modified prize feature
Naomi Hall, Lane Cove (AU); and Scott Olive, Lane Cove (AU)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/289,700.
Application 15/289,700 is a continuation of application No. 13/617,518, filed on Sep. 14, 2012, granted, now 9,472,056.
Application 13/617,518 is a continuation of application No. 11/338,045, filed on Jan. 23, 2006, granted, now 8,287,367, issued on Oct. 16, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 2005900256 (AU), filed on Jan. 21, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2017/0098347 A1, Apr. 6, 2017
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3267 (2013.01) [G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/3262 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming system for displaying a game, the gaming system comprising:
a credit input operable to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity;
a display device; and
a game controller comprising a processor and memory storing a plurality of instructions, which, when executed, cause the game controller to at least:
control the display device to animate a progressive prize randomly selected from a plurality of progressive prizes included in a prize ladder in response to a winning game outcome in the game based on random numbers generated by a random number generator to provide a volatility,
control the display device to animate the progressive prize being transformed based on one transformation path selected from a) a first transformation path using a predefined set of prize modifiers being predetermined and each of the predefined set of prize modifiers, when selected, changes a resulting event in the winning game outcome being displayed on the display device, b) a second transformation path using one of the predefined set of prize modifiers in the first transformation path randomly determined by the random numbers, and c) a third transformation path using a unity transformation representing the progressive prize, while providing the volatility, into a modified progressive prize,. while maintaining the volatility provided, and
control the display device to animate the modified progressive prize.