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US 10,706,690 B2Granted
Method of gaming, a game controller and a gaming system
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
InventorDaniel Marks
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Abstract
An electronic method of gaming comprising an electronic game controller: selecting, for each of at least one display area of a symbol display, a plurality of symbols for display at respective ones of a plurality of display positions arranged in the display area; evaluating the selected symbols to determine whether or not the selected symbols for display at at least two designated display positions are the same; upon determining that the selected symbols for display at at least two designated display positions are the same, applying a modification to each of the selected symbols for display at the at least two designated display positions to form a modified symbol display; and evaluating the modified symbol display to make an award.
Claims20
An electronic method of a gaming machine, the method comprising:
- selecting, with an electronic game controller of the gaming machine based on one or more numbers generated by a hardware-implemented random number generator of the gaming machine, a first plurality of symbols for a first game instance;
- selecting, with the electronic game controller based on the one or more numbers generated by the hardware-implemented random number generator and independently of the selecting of the first plurality of symbols, a second plurality of symbols for a second game instance;
- displaying, via one or more displays of the gaming machine, the first plurality of symbols at a first plurality of display positions associated with the first game instance, and the second plurality of symbols at a second plurality of display positions associated with the second game instance;
- evaluating, via the electronic game controller, the first plurality of symbols and the second plurality of symbols to determine whether a first symbol displayed at a first predetermined display position of the first plurality of display positions and a second symbol displayed at a second predetermined display position of the second plurality of display positions are a same symbol;
- in response to determining that the first symbol and the second symbol are the same symbol, modifying, via the electronic game controller, the first plurality of symbols by replacing the first symbol at the first predetermined display position with a first replacement symbol, and modifying the second plurality of symbols by replacing the second symbol at the second predetermined display position with a second replacement symbol;
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- after the replacing, evaluating, with the electronic game controller, the first plurality of symbols to determine whether the first plurality of symbols for the first game instance includes one of a plurality of winning symbol combinations, and evaluating the second plurality of symbols to determine whether the second plurality of symbols for the second game instance includes one of the plurality of winning symbol combinations.
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An electronic method of a gaming machine, the method comprising:
- selecting, with an electronic game controller of the gaming machine based on one or more numbers generated by a hardware-implemented random number generator of the gaming machine, a first plurality of symbols for a first game instance in a sequence of game instances;
- displaying, via one or more display of the gaming machine, the first plurality of symbols at a plurality of display positions;
- selecting, with the electronic game controller based on the one or more numbers generated by the hardware-implemented random number generator and independently of the selecting of the first plurality of symbols, a second plurality of symbols for a second game instance in the sequence of game instances;
- displaying, via the one or more displays, the second plurality of symbols at the plurality of display positions, replacing the first plurality of symbols displayed at the plurality of display positions;
- evaluating, via the electronic game controller, the first plurality of symbols and the second plurality of symbols to determine whether a first symbol of the first plurality of symbols displayed at a predetermined display position of the plurality of display positions and a second symbol of the second plurality of symbols displayed at the predetermined display position are a same symbol;
- in response to determining that the first symbol and the second symbol are the same symbol, modifying, via the electronic game controller, the second plurality of symbols by replacing the second symbol with a replacement symbol;
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- after the replacing, evaluating, with the electronic game controller, the second plurality of symbols for the second game instance in the sequence of game instances to determine whether the second plurality of symbols includes one of a plurality of winning symbol combinations.
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A game controller for a gaming machine, the game controller, comprising:
- a hardware-implemented random number generator;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
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- a processor configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory, which when executed, cause the processor to at least:
- select, based on one or more numbers generated by the hardware-implemented random number generator, a first plurality of symbols for a first game instance;
- select, based on the one or more numbers generated by the hardware-implemented random number generator and independently of the first plurality of symbols, a second plurality of symbols for a second game instance;
- display, via one or more displays of the gaming machine, the first plurality of symbols at a first plurality of display positions associated with the first game instance, and the second plurality of symbols at a second plurality of display positions associated with the second game instance;
- evaluate the first plurality of symbols and the second plurality of symbols to determine whether a first symbol displayed at a first predetermined display position of the first plurality of display positions and a second symbol displayed at a second predetermined display position of the second plurality of display positions are a same symbol;
- in response to determining that the first symbol and the second symbol are the same symbol, modifying the first plurality of symbols by replacing the first symbol at the first predetermined display position with a first replacement symbol, and modifying the second plurality of symbols by replacing the second symbol at the second predetermined display position with a second replacement symbol;
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- after the replacing, evaluate the first plurality of symbols to determine whether the first plurality of symbols for the first game instance includes one of a plurality of winning symbol combinations, and evaluate the second plurality of symbols to determine whether the second plurality of symbols for the second game instance includes one of the plurality of winning symbol combinations.
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A game controller for a gaming machine, the game controller, comprising:
- a hardware-implemented random number generator;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
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- a processor configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory, which when executed, cause the processor to at least:
- select, based on one or more numbers generated by the hardware-implemented random number generator, a first plurality of symbols for a first game instance in a sequence of game instances;
- display, via one or more displays of the gaming machine, the first plurality of symbols at a plurality of display positions;
- select, based on one or more numbers generated by the hardware-implemented random number generator and independently of the first plurality of symbols, a second plurality of symbols for a second game instance in the sequence of game instances;
- display, via the one or more displays, the second plurality of symbols at the plurality of display positions, replacing the first plurality of symbols displayed at the plurality of display positions;
- evaluate the first plurality of symbols and the second plurality of symbols to determine whether a first symbol of the first plurality of symbols displayed at a predetermined display position of the plurality of display positions and a second symbol of the second plurality of symbols displayed at the predetermined display position are a same symbol;
- in response to determining that the first symbol and the second symbol are the same symbol, modifying the second plurality of symbols by replacing the second symbol with a replacement symbol;
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- after the replacing, evaluate the second plurality of symbols for the second game instance in the sequence of game instances to determine whether the second plurality of symbols includes one of a plurality of winning symbol combinations.
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A gaming machine, comprising:
- a display comprising a first display area and a second display area distinct from the first display area, the first display area having a first plurality of display positions including a first predetermined display position, and the second display area having a second plurality of display positions including a second predetermined display position;
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- a game controller configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, which when executed by the game controller, cause the game controller to at least:
- select, based on one or more numbers generated by a hardware-implemented random number generator of the game controller, a first plurality of symbols for a first game instance;
- select, based on one or more numbers generated by the hardware-implemented random number generator and independently of the first plurality of symbols, a second plurality of symbols for a second game instance;
- display the first plurality of symbols at the first plurality of display positions;
- display the second plurality of symbols at the second plurality of display positions;
- evaluate the first plurality of symbols and the second plurality of symbols to determine whether a first symbol displayed at the first predetermined display position and a second symbol displayed at the second predetermined display position are a same symbol;
- in response to determining that the first symbol and the second symbol are the same symbol, modify the first symbol at the first predetermined display position with a first replacement symbol, and modify the second plurality of symbols by replacing the second symbol at the second predetermined display position with a second replacement symbol;
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- after the replacing, evaluate the first plurality of symbols to determine whether the first plurality of symbols for the first game instance includes one of a plurality of winning symbol combinations, and evaluate the second plurality of symbols to determined whether the second plurality of symbols for the second game instance includes one of the plurality of winning symbol combinations.
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A gaming machine, comprising:
- a display having a plurality of display positions including a predetermined display position;
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- a game controller configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, which when executed by the game controller, cause the game controller to at least:
- select, based on one or more numbers generated by a hardware-implemented random number generator of the game controller, a first plurality of symbols for a first game instance in a sequence of game instances;
- display the first plurality of symbols at the plurality of display positions;
- select, based on the one or more numbers generated by the hardware-implemented random number generator and independently of the first plurality of symbols, a second plurality of symbols for a second game instance in the sequence of game instances;
- display the second plurality of symbols at the plurality of display positions, replacing the first plurality of symbols at the plurality of display positions;
- evaluate the first plurality of symbols and the second plurality of symbols to determine whether a first symbol of the first plurality of symbols displayed at the predetermined display position and a second symbol of the second plurality of symbols displayed at the predetermined display position are a same symbol;
- in response to determining that the first symbol and the second symbol are the same symbol, modify the second plurality of symbols by replacing the second symbol a replacement symbols;
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- after the replacing, evaluate the second plurality of symbols for the second game instance in the sequence of game instances to determine whether the second plurality of symbols includes one of a plurality of winning symbol combinations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.