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US 12,039,840 B1Granted
Games and gaming machines having wheel features
OwnerRonnie W. Harrisinventor
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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, such as morphing wheels, symbols that reveal awards and the like.
Claims16
A wheel prize selection event for a game comprising the steps of:
- graphically displaying on an electronic video display a wheel having a plurality of segments, two or more of the plurality the segments not displaying an associated award attribute;
- graphically displaying a plurality of sets of attributes apart from the wheel, at least two of said plurality of sets of attributes comprising one or more different award attributes;
- responsive to a selection of one of the plurality of sets of attributes by a player, graphically transforming the two or more of the plurality of segments from not displaying an associated award attribute to displaying attributes from the selected one of the plurality of sets of attributes;
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- graphically displaying a selection of one of said plurality of segments comprising displaying relative movement of said wheel to a selector and then displaying said selector relative to a selected one of said plurality of segments.
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A gaming machine comprising:
- an electronic video display;
- at least one player input device;
- a memory device;
- a controller;
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- 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 a plurality of sets of attributes apart from the wheel, at least two of said plurality of sets of attributes comprising one or more different award attributes, responsive to a selection of one of the plurality of sets of attributes by a player, graphically transform the two or more of the plurality of segments from not displaying an associated award attribute to displaying attributes from the selected one of the plurality of sets of attributes, and graphically display a selection of one of said plurality of segments comprising displaying relative movement of said wheel to a selector and then displaying said selector relative to a selected one of said plurality of segments.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.