US 11,538,310 B2Granted

Multi-level wheel with secondary wheels corresponding to outcomes to the primary wheel

AssigneeAristocrat Technologies, Inc.

InventorsBradley Hendricks, Thomas Tuomey, Gary Penacho, Damien Burczyk, Allon Englman

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Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise advancements to electronic gaming machines. In particular embodiments, when a bonus feature is activated and, as part of the bonus feature, a sub-feature is selected from among multiple available sub-features. The bonus feature can include one or more sub-features that trigger a further secondary RNG selection. For example, the one or more sub-features can include one or more of (a) a credit awarding secondary feature in which a secondary RNG is applied to select the amount of credits; (b) a free-spin secondary feature in which one or more free games can be awarded; and/or (c) a reel-spin feature in which an enhanced reward scheme is applied. In further embodiments, the reel-spin feature can further include a random selection of a threshold that ensures the player the threshold amount until it is exceeded by the game mechanics.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

one or more processors;
memory;
and
control logic, implemented using the one or more processors and memory, configured to perform operations to manage volatility for a target level of return to player for a multi-level feature of an electronic gaming device, the operations comprising:
receiving an indication that a multi-level feature has been triggered at the electronic gaming device;
in a first level of the multi-level feature, repeatedly selecting, using a random number generator, a first-level outcome from among multiple first-level outcomes until the selected first-level outcome is one of multiple second-level sub-features or awards, the multiple first-level outcomes including the multiple second-level sub-features or awards as well as one or more other first-level outcomes, wherein, upon selection of one of the one or more other first-level outcomes, at least one of the multiple second-level sub-features or awards is enhanced as part of achieving increased volatility for the target level of return to player for the multi-level feature;
and
in a second level of the multi-level feature, and based on the selected second-level sub-feature or award, selecting, using the random number generator, a second-level outcome from among multiple second-level outcomes of the second level of the multi-level feature, the second-level outcome being selected from multiple second-level outcomes that are unique to the selected second-level feature or award and distinct from other ones of the multiple second-level sub-features or awards available in the first level of the multi-level feature.

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A system comprising:

one or more processors;
memory;
and
control logic, implemented using the one or more processors and memory, configured to perform operations to manage volatility for a target level of return to player for a bonus feature of an electronic gaming device, the operations comprising:
triggering a bonus feature based on an outcome of a primary game;
selecting a first-level outcome from among multiple first-level outcomes for the bonus feature, the multiple first-level outcomes including one or more terminating outcomes and one or more non-terminating outcomes;
determining that the selected first-level outcome is one of the one or more non-terminating outcomes;
upon determining that the selected first-level outcome is one of the one or more non-terminating outcomes, enhancing at least one of the one or more terminating outcomes as part of achieving increased volatility for the target level of return to player for the bonus feature;
and
re-performing the selecting the first-level outcome from among the multiple first-level outcomes for the bonus feature, the multiple first-level outcomes having been adjusted to include the enhanced at least one of the one or more terminating outcomes and to remove the previously selected first-level outcome that is one of the one or more non-terminating outcomes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/459,646Filed 27 Aug 2021 · continuation
Priority: 20 Sep 2018
Published: US 2022/0051526 A117 Feb 2022
Granted: 27 Dec 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G07F 17/3267
Game play aspects of gaming systems: game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher…
G07F 17/3213
Display means: details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members
G07F 17/34
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines
G07F
Coin-freed or like apparatus

Family

Application62/734,252Us provisional application · filed 20 Sep 2018
Application62/894,841Us provisional application · filed 1 Sep 2019
Application16/569,498Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Sep 2019
US 2022/0051526 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Feb 2022
US 11,107,326 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2020/0098227 A1Published application
US 11,538,310 B2This patent

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