EP1150261A3 - Gaming machine with moving symbols on symbol array. - Google Patents

Gaming machine with moving symbols on symbol array. Download PDF

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EP1150261A3
EP1150261A3 EP01400727A EP01400727A EP1150261A3 EP 1150261 A3 EP1150261 A3 EP 1150261A3 EP 01400727 A EP01400727 A EP 01400727A EP 01400727 A EP01400727 A EP 01400727A EP 1150261 A3 EP1150261 A3 EP 1150261A3
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bonus game
gaming machine
game
bonus
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Joel R Jaffe
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WMS Gaming Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/326—Game play aspects of gaming systems
    • G07F17/3267—Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3244—Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes

Abstract

A gaming machine is controlled by a processor in response to a wager and comprises a basic game and a bonus game. The basic game includes a plurality of symbols randomly placed in a viewable display area relative to at least one pay line. The basic game awards a basic game payout for any winning symbol combinations along the pay line, and includes a start-bonus outcome for triggering the bonus game. The bonus game includes a special indicator progressively moved to and stopped at one or more symbols in the viewable display area. For each symbol where the special indicator stops, the bonus game awards a bonus game payout for a winning scatter combination formed with that symbol regardless of whether the winning scatter combination is along the pay line. Thus, the symbol where the indicator stops pays as a scatter.
EP01400727A 2000-03-21 2001-03-21 Gaming machine with moving symbols on symbol array. Withdrawn EP1150261A3 (en)

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US531712 1995-09-21
US09/531,712 US6517432B1 (en) 2000-03-21 2000-03-21 Gaming machine with moving symbols on symbol array
US679207 2000-10-04
US09/679,207 US6551187B1 (en) 2000-03-21 2000-10-04 Gaming machine with moving symbols on symbol array

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EP1150261A2 EP1150261A2 (en) 2001-10-31
EP1150261A3 true EP1150261A3 (en) 2005-06-01

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CA (1) CA2341927A1 (en)

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