Gaming technique incorporating a plurality of wheels
AssigneeNone recorded
InventorVladimir Dunaevsky
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
AssigneeNone recorded
InventorVladimir Dunaevsky
Estimating the term…
Various embodiments of games having payout wheels are described herein. In one embodiment, in a main or primary game, a plurality of reels displays a combination of symbols. A second game forming part of the gaming system consists of a plurality of wheels that are initiated upon the display of a predetermined combination of symbols on the reels in the primary game. At least one outcome of a first wheel indicates that the payout will be decided by an additional wheel, having higher payouts than the first wheel. The invention may be implemented using video techniques or electromechanical techniques.
A gaming method comprising:
A tangible medium containing a gaming software program for carrying out the following method:
A data transmission transmitting a gaming software program for carrying out the following method:
A gaming device comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
No related US applications are recorded in the indexed filing history.
Backward citations are indexed for grants only.
Drawings are temporarily unavailable. Open the PDF at USPTO
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
Coin-freed or like apparatus
Term end not estimated
This invention relates to gaming techniques and, in particular, to a technique for paying awards to a player.
A very popular slot machine is called the “Wheel of Fortune”™. The Wheel of Fortune has three rotating reels for displaying symbols in a main game and, upon the reels displaying a certain combination of symbols, a large wheel spins. The large wheel has printed on it various payout awards, and the wheel randomly stops at a certain position to award the player the payout for that wheel position.
The Wheel of Fortune slot machine appeals to players due to the added excitement of a spinning wheel. What is desirable is a gaming technique that adds further excitement to increase player appeal.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a video gaming machine which may incorporate software to carry out the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates basic hardware components in a conventional video gaming machine, where the program stored in the program memory carries out the particular game.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the steps for carrying out one embodiment of the present invention.
Elements in the various figures identified with the same numerals may be identical and will not be redundantly described.
Although the present invention may be carried out on any type of computer platform, such as a stand-alone gaming machine, linked-gaming machines, or an on-line gaming system, where a user may interact with a remote server on a conventional personal computer to play the game described herein, the game will be described with respect to a stand-alone gaming machine.
FIG. 1 illustrates a video type gaming machine 10 having a video screen 12, a coin input 14, and control inputs 16, such as buttons. Instead of buttons, a keyboard or touch screen may be used. For on-line gaming system, the display device would be a conventional monitor connected to the user's home computer.