Amusement devices and games involving successive choices

Abstract

Various embodiments of a successive choice game including methods and apparatus are described. Further embodiments are disclosed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising: a tangible machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
 facilitating play of a round of a blackjack game;   based on an outcome of the round of the blackjack game, determining that progress towards a bonus game should be made;   based on the progress towards the bonus game, determining that the bonus game should be played;   in response to determining that the bonus game should be played, presenting a first respective set of first respective choices to a player, in which the first respective choices are non-distinct from one another other than in respective aesthetics and respective positions;   receiving a first selection of a respective choice from the first respective set of choices from the player;   in response to receiving the first selection, determining that the first selection includes a correct choice;   in response to determining that the first selection includes the correct choice, offering the player an award to end the bonus game;   determining that the player does not desire to end the bonus game;   presenting a second respective set of second respective choices to the player, in which the second choices are non-distinct from one another other than in aesthetics and positions;   receiving a second selection of a respective choice from the second respective set of choices from the player;   in response to receiving the second selection, determining that the second selection includes an incorrect choice; and   in response to determining that the second selection includes the incorrect choice, ending the bonus game without providing the award to the player.   
     
     
         2 . An apparatus comprising: a tangible machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
 determining that a first round of a game should be played;   in response to determining that the first round of the game should be played, presenting a first respective set of first respective choices to a player;   receiving a first selection of a respective choice from the first respective set of choices from the player;   determining that the first selection includes a correct choice;   in response to determining that the first selection includes the correct choice, offering the player an award to end the first round of the game;   determining that the player does not desire to end the first round of the game;   presenting a second respective set of second respective choices to the player,   receiving a second selection of a respective choice from the second respective set of choices from the player;   determining that the second selection includes an incorrect choice; and   in response to determining that the second selection includes the incorrect choice, ending the first round of the game without providing the award to the player.   
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which each respective choice is not associated with an answer to a proposed question of the knowledge of the player. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which the first respective choices are non-distinct from one another other than in respective aesthetics and respective positions, and in which the second choices are non-distinct from one another other than in aesthetics and positions. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which determining that the first selection includes the correct choice includes determining that the first selection includes the correct choice in response to receiving the first selection. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which determining that the first selection includes the correct choice includes determining that the first selection includes the correct choice based on the first selection. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which determining that the first selection includes the correct choice includes determining that the first selection includes the correct choice independent of the first selection. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which determining that the first selection includes the correct choice includes the correct choice based on a random number generator. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which a method of determining that the second selection include the incorrect choice includes a method that is substantially similar to a method used to determine that the first selection includes the correct choice. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which the award includes a percentage of a jackpot that is offered for winning the game. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , in which the jackpot includes a progressive jackpot. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which the game includes a bonus game, and determining that the round of the game should be played includes determining that progress towards the bonus game made by playing another game has reached a threshold level. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , further comprising adding a portion of a wager to a jackpot. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which the method further comprises:
 determining that a second round of the game should be played;   in response to determining that the second round of the game should be played, presenting a third respective set of third respective choices to the player;   receiving a third selection of a respective choice from the third respective set of choices from the player;   determining that the third selection includes a correct choice;   in response to determining that the third selection includes the correct choice, offering the player an award to end the second round of the game;   determining that the player does not desire to end the second round of the game;   presenting a fourth respective set of fourth respective choices to the player,   receiving a fourth selection of a respective choice from the fourth respective set of choices from the player;   determining that the fourth selection includes an correct choice; and   in response to determining that the fourth selection includes the correct choice, presenting the player with a jackpot award for winning the game.