Systems and methods of conducting a game of chance
AssigneeCryptoLogic Inc.
InventorsVladimir Dunaevsky, Justin L. Thouin
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Abstract
Systems and methods of conducting a video game of chance are disclosed. The method includes: a) receiving a wager; b) populating a number of cell images with a game symbol; c) determining whether any portion of the cells define a winning combination; and d) in the event the winning combination occurs: i) providing a predetermined award for the winning combination; ii) deleting the symbol located in each winning cell image; iii) repopulating each winning cell with a replacement symbol; and e) repeating steps (c) and (d) until no winning combinations are defined by the symbols appearing in the cell images.
Claims34
A method of conducting a video game of chance comprising:
- a) receiving a wager;
- b) populating a plurality of cells with a plurality of symbols;
- c) determining whether any portion of the plurality of cells define a winning combination;
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- d) if the winning combination occurs:
- i) providing a predetermined award for the winning combination;
- ii) deleting the symbol located in each winning cell;
- iii) repopulating each winning cell with a replacement symbol;
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- e) repeating steps (c) and (d) until no winning combinations are defined by the plurality of symbols appearing in the plurality of cells.
A method of playing a video game of chance comprising:
- a) communicating a wager;
- b) displaying a plurality of cells populated with a plurality of symbols;
- c) if any portion of the plurality of cells define a winning combination:
- i) displaying a predetermined award for the winning combination;
- ii) deleting the symbol located in each winning cell;
- iii) displaying the plurality of cells, wherein each winning cell is populated with a replacement symbol;
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- d) repeating step (c) until no winning combinations are defined by the plurality of symbols appearing in the plurality of cells.
A system for conducting a video game of chance, the system comprising:
- a) a server;
- and
- b) a client device adapted for communication with the server, the client device comprising a display;
- wherein the client device is adapted to receive a wager and communicate the wager to the server;
- wherein the display is adapted to display a plurality of cells populated by a plurality of symbols;
- wherein the server is adapted to determine whether any portion of the plurality of cells define a winning combination;
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- wherein, in the event the winning combination occurs, each symbol located in each cell of the winning combination is deleted and each cell in the winning combination is repopulated with a replacement symbol.
A computer-readable medium upon which a plurality of executable instructions for a method of conducting a video game of chance are stored, the method comprising:
- a) receiving a wager;
- b) populating a plurality of cells with a plurality of symbols;
- c) determining whether any portion of the plurality of cells define a winning combination;
- and
- d) in the event the winning combination occurs:
- i) providing a predetermined award for the winning combination;
- ii) deleting the symbol located in each winning cell;
- iii) repopulating each winning cell with a replacement symbol;
- and
- e) repeating steps (c) and (d) until no winning combinations are defined by the plurality of symbols appearing in the plurality of cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.