Games and gaming machines having wheel features
AssigneeAries Technology, LLC
InventorsRobert Manz, Terry Daly, Robert DelRossi, Erica Frohm, Charlie Lombardo
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Abstract
Gaming machines and games are configured with one or more wheel events or features. The wheel events or features may comprise main games or bonus games, or may comprise entertaining representations of outcomes of other games or events. The wheel events comprise the selection of one or more segments of a wheel having associated awards. Wheel events may have various entertaining configurations, including use of multiple wheels, concentric wheels and the like.
Claims16
A wheel prize selection event for a base game comprising the steps of:
- graphically displaying on an electronic video display at least two wheels, each wheel having a plurality of segments and at least one segment of each wheel displaying an associated award;
- receiving input from a player of a selected one of said at least two wheels;
- and
- graphically displaying a selection of one of said plurality of segments of said selected wheel comprising graphically displaying relative movement of said selected wheel to a selector and then displaying said selector relative to a selected one of said plurality of segments,
- wherein a number of graphically displayed wheels is based upon a triggering event in said base game, wherein a first triggering event in said base game results in the graphical display of a first number of wheels and a second triggering event in said base game results in the graphical display of a second number of wheels, said second number being greater than said first number.
A gaming machine configured to present a wheel prize selection event comprising:
- an electronic video display;
- at least one player input device;
- a memory device;
- a controller;
- and
- machine-readable code stored in said memory device and executable by said controller to cause said controller to:
- cause the electronic video display to graphically display at least two wheels, each wheel having a plurality of segments, at least one segment of each wheel graphically displaying an associated award,
- to receive input from a player of a selected one of said at least two wheels via said at least one player input device, and
- to cause said electronic video display to graphically display a selection of one of said plurality of segments of said selected wheel comprising graphically displaying relative movement of said selected wheel to a selector and then graphically displaying said selector relative to a selected one of said plurality of segments,
- wherein the graphical display of said at least two wheels is based upon a triggering event in a base game, and said machine-readable code configured to further cause said controller to cause said electronic video display to graphically display a base game information, wherein said triggering event comprises a first triggering event and a second triggering event, said first triggering event results in the graphical display of a first number of wheels and said second triggering event results in the graphical display of a second number of wheels, said second number being greater than said first number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.