Integrating a wheel between reels of a slot game
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRoberto Coppola, Rex Carlson
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Abstract
A slot game integrates a wheel positioned between one or more preceding reels and one or more subsequent reels. The game controller may dynamically populate the wheel with symbols from the outcome of the one or more preceding reels. The controller determines a symbol outcome for the wheel and performs pay evaluation based on applying the symbol outcome as positioned between the one or more preceding reel outcomes and the one or more subsequent reel outcomes. The game controller may perform cross-symbol mapping to map the symbol outcome to a subsequent reel.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a game controller comprising one or more processors, the game controller executing instructions which cause the game controller to:
- obtain, by a random number generator, a first outcome;
- apply the first outcome to one or more lookup tables to obtain
- a first set of display symbols for a plurality of display positions associated with a first one or more reels;
- present, on a first reel portion of a user interface, the first set of display symbols in accordance with the plurality of display positions associated with the first one or more reels;
- present, on a wheel portion of the user interface, a second set of display symbols in association with corresponding slices of a wheel, wherein at least one display symbol of the second set of display symbols is among the first set of display symbols;
- obtain, by the random number generator, a second outcome;
- apply the second outcome to the second set of display symbols to obtain a symbol outcome for the wheel;
- present a second reel portion of the user interface, wherein the wheel portion of the user interface is displayed between the first reel portion and the second reel portion;
- and
- present, on the second reel portion of the user interface, a third set of display symbols at the one or more subsequent reel positions,
- wherein a win path for the user interface is determine a result based on a display position of a win path that includes a set of display symbols present on the user interface that traverses the first one or more preceding reel outcomes, followed by the symbol outcome of the wheel, followed by the second one or more reel outcomes.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable code executable by one or more processors to:
- obtain, by a random number generator, a first outcome;
- apply the first outcome to one or more lookup tables to obtain a first set of display symbols for a plurality of display positions associated with a first one or more reels;
- provide, for presentation on a first reel portion of a user interface, the first set of display symbols in accordance with the plurality of display positions associated with the first one or more reels;
- provide, for presentation on a wheel portion of the user interface, a second set of display symbols in association with corresponding slices of a wheel, wherein at least one display symbol of the second set of display symbols is among the first set of display symbols;
- obtain, by the random number generator, a second outcome;
- apply the second outcome to the second set of display symbols to obtain a symbol outcome for the wheel;
- and
- provide, for presentation, a second reel portion of the user interface, wherein the wheel portion of the user interface is displayed between the first reel portion and the second reel portion;
- and
- provide, for presentation on the second reel portion of the user interface, a third set of display symbols at the one or more subsequent reel positions,
- wherein a win path for the user interface is based on a display position of a win path that includes a set of display symbols present on the user interface that traverses the first one or more preceding reel outcomes, followed by the symbol outcome of the wheel, followed by the second one or more reel outcomes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.