US 12,118,853 B2Granted

Gaming device with mobile win selector

AssigneeAristocrat Technologies, Inc.

InventorsRyan Hawkins, Stephanie Klepzig, Yanis Tsombanidis

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Abstract

A movable box, indicator, or other area-based selector may determine whether a game instance generates a payout to a player (e.g., the player “wins”). Thus, the selector may be used to control either or both of a return to player (“RTP”) or volatility. The selector may change its position between games or during a game, such as while values for one or more positions on a playing field are undetermined, move (e.g., change its position) in a random or semi-random fashion, change its size between games or during a game, such that it encompasses more or fewer positions on the playing field than during the previous game, or be used to control either or both of a gaming device's RTP or volatility. The selector's position, size, or the like may vary between games to ensure that the gaming device's RTP and/or volatility remain within acceptable ranges.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a memory storing instructions;
and
at least one processor;
wherein the at least one processor is operative to execute the instructions to:
randomly assign, from a set of reels, a subset of reels to a set of columns of a playing field using a random number generator (RNG), such that each of the subset of reels corresponds to a column of the set of columns and that return to player or volatility converges to a value across a series of games even though a mobile selector moves randomly or pseudo-randomly;
generate the playing field by randomly, via the RNG, determining a set of symbols for each column from the corresponding reel, each of the set of symbols occupying a position on the playing field;
cause a display device to graphically render the playing field in a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by the display device;
randomly, using the RNG, determine a size of a mobile selector;
cause the display device to graphically render, in the GUI, a position of the mobile selector on the playing field;
determine whether the position of the rendered mobile selector encompasses a prize symbol;
determine an outcome based on whether the position of the rendered mobile selector encompasses the prize symbol.

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Application: 18/418,878Filed 22 Jan 2024 · continuation
Priority: 24 Mar 2021
Published: US 2024/0161582 A116 May 2024
Granted: 15 Oct 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G07F 17/3262
Game play aspects of gaming systems: player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be…
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

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Application63/165,598Us provisional application · filed 24 Mar 2021
Application17/701,576Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Mar 2022
US 2024/0161582 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 May 2024
US 11,922,768 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2022/0309871 A1Published application
US 12,118,853 B2This patent

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