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US 2007/0184895 A1Published application
Method of Playing Game and Gaming Games with an Additional Payout Indicator
AssigneeIgt
InventorWilliam Adams
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Abstract
Gaming devices comprising a standard gaming unit, e.g., three reels, and a discernible additional payout indicator, e.g., a rotatable wheel. A preferred bonus payout indicator is clearly visible by the player and is actuatable when the reels of the slot machine stop on certain predetermined indicia. A preferred embodiment further comprises a payout multiplier which displays a plurality of values by which a payout may be multiplied.
Claims1
A slot machine comprising:
- means for receiving a wager;
- a plurality of rotatable reels, each of said reels comprising a plurality of indicia, wherein said rotatable reels are caused to rotate after a wager has been placed and subsequently stop thereby displaying a plurality of said indicia;
- means for generating at least one signal corresponding to at least one of said reel displays of said indicia;
- a mechanical, movable bonus payout indicator comprising a wheel for visually indicating one of a plurality of randomly selected bonus payouts to a player, said bonus payout indicator operatively connected to said signal generating means such that said bonus payout indicator will only operate if said signal generating means has generated a signal corresponding to a preselected bonus reel display;
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- means for providing a winning payout, said payout providing means responsive to said signal generating means.
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