US 10,380,830 B2Granted

Gaming system and method of gaming

AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited

InventorsBradley Hendricks, Britta Nauta-Larsen, Alex Gansert, Francis Styck

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Abstract

A gaming machine having at least a first and a second display located adjacent each other, and at least one speaker, a symbol selector selects symbols for positioning in respective ones of a plurality of first and second symbol positions, said first symbol positions being displayed in a gaming area of said first display; an outcome evaluator monitors said selection and determines when a trigger condition is satisfied; in response to said trigger condition being satisfied, triggers an event in which said controller selects: 1) one of a plurality of music tracks to be played through said speaker, each music track having at least one characteristic; and 2) a number of second symbol positions to be displayed on said second display; wherein the number of second symbol positions selected for display on said second display is determined at least in part by said at least one characteristic.

Claims27

Dependent claims

A gaming machine comprising:

a speaker;
a credit input mechanism configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based on a wagering activity;
a first display;
a second display;
and
a controller configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, which when executed by the controller, cause the controller to display symbols selected from a symbol set at each of a plurality of first symbol positions on the first display, monitor for a triggering condition, and, in response to the triggering condition, initiate an event in which the instructions further cause the controller to at least:
select a music track from among a plurality of music tracks;
play the selected music track through the speaker;
select a number of second symbol positions to be displayed on the second display;
until the selected music track stops playing, display symbols randomly selected from the symbol set at the selected number of second symbol positions;
and
determine at least one game outcome based on the symbols displayed on the first display and the second display when the selected music track stops playing;
and
wherein the number of second symbol positions selected for display on the second display is repeatedly determined in tempo with the selected music track, and stops when play of the selected music track stops.

11 more elements

A gaming machine comprising:

a speaker;
a credit input mechanism configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based on a wagering activity;
a display having a first display portion and a second display portion located adjacent to the first display portion;
and
a controller configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, which when executed by the controller, cause the controller to display symbols selected from a symbol set at each of a plurality of first symbol positions on the first display portion, monitor for a triggering condition, and, in response to the triggering condition, initiate an event in which the instructions further cause the controller to at least:
select a music track from among a plurality of music tracks;
play the selected music track through the speaker;
select a number of second symbol positions to be displayed on the second display portion;
until the selected music track stops playing, display symbols randomly selected from the symbol set at the selected number of second symbol positions;
and
determine at least one game outcome based on the symbols displayed on the first display portion and the second display portion when the selected music track stops playing;
and
wherein the number of second symbol positions selected for display on the second display portion is repeatedly determined in tempo with the selected music track, and stops when play of the selected music track stops.

10 more elements

A method of operating a gaming machine, the gaming machine comprising a speaker, a credit input mechanism, a controller, a first display, and a second display, the credit input mechanism being configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based on a wagering activity, the method comprising:

initiating a game on the gaming machine in accord with the wagering activity, the game comprising:
displaying, via the controller, symbols selected from a symbol set at each of a plurality of first symbol positions on the first display;
determining, via the controller, when a trigger condition is satisfied;
in response to the trigger condition being satisfied, triggering an event in which the controller is configured to least:
select a music track from among a plurality of music tracks;
play the selected music track through the speaker;
select a number of second symbol positions to be displayed on the second display;
until the selected music track stops playing, display symbols randomly selected from the symbol set at the selected number of second symbol positions;
and
determining, via the controller, at least one game outcome based on the symbols displayed on the first display and the second display at the time the selected music track stops playing;
and
wherein the number of second symbol positions selected for display on the second display is repeatedly determined in tempo with the selected music track, and stops when play of the selected music track stops.

9 more elements

A method of operating a gaming machine, the gaming machine comprising a speaker, a credit input mechanism, a controller, a display having a first display portion and a second display portion adjacent to the first display portion, the credit input mechanism being configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based on a wagering activity, the method comprising:

initiating a game on the gaming machine in accord with the wagering activity, the game comprising:
displaying, via the controller, symbols selected from a symbol set at each of a plurality of first symbol positions on the first display portion;
determining, via the controller, when a trigger condition is satisfied;
in response to the trigger condition being satisfied, triggering an event in which the controller is configured to at least:
select a music track from among a plurality of music tracks;
play the selected music track through the speaker;
select a number of second symbol positions to be displayed on the second display portion;
until the selected music track stops playing, display symbols randomly selected from the symbol set at the selected number of second symbol positions;
and
determining, via the controller, at least one game outcome based on the symbols displayed on the first display portion and the second display portion when the selected music track stops playing;
and
wherein the number of second symbol positions selected for display on the second display portion is repeatedly determined in tempo with the selected music track, and stops when play of the selected music track stops.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/867,688Filed 28 Sep 2015
Priority: AU 201490386729 Sep 2014
Published: US 2016/0093149 A131 Mar 2016
Granted: 13 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G07F 17/3213
Display means: details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members
G07F 17/3209
Player-machine interfaces: input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
G07F 17/3246
Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes: involving coins and/or banknotes
G07F 17/42
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for ticket printing or like apparatus , e.g. apparatus for dispensing…