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US 2008/0176635 A1Published application
Gaming system and method having wager allocation
AssigneeIGT-UK Limited
InventorDov Liam Randall
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Abstract
A gaming system which displays a plurality of reels. Each reel is associated with a display area which displays a symbol. A wager is allocated to each one of the display areas. An award is determined based, at least in part, on such allocation.
Claims25
A gaming system comprising:
- at least one display device;
- at least one input device;
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to:
- (a) display a plurality of reels, each one of the reels being associated with only one display area, each one of the display areas displaying only one game symbol;
- (b) receive a wager;
- (c) divide the wager into a plurality of wager portions;
- (d) individually allocate each one of the wager portions to a different one of the display areas;
- (e) evaluate the displayed game symbols to determine whether a winning condition is met;
- (f) as a result of meeting the winning condition:
- (i) determine which ones of the wager portions are allocated to the one or more display areas associated with the winning condition;
- and
- (ii) determine an award based on each one of the determined wager portions;
- and
- (g) indicate the determined award.
13 more elements
A gaming system comprising:
- at least one display device;
- at least one input device;
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to:
- (a) display a quantity of multiple reels, each one of the reels being associated with only one display area, each one of the display areas displaying only one game symbol;
- (b) receive a wager;
- (c) divide the wager by the quantity of reels resulting in a wager portion;
- (d) individually allocate the wager portion to each one of the display areas;
- (e) evaluate the displayed game symbols to determine whether a winning condition is met;
- (f) as a result of meeting the winning condition:
- (i) determine a quantity of how many of the displayed game symbols are associated with the winning condition;
- (ii) determine an award based on multiplying the wager portion by the quantity of the display areas associated with the winning condition;
- and
- (g) indicate the determined award.
12 more elements
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of reels, wherein:
- (a) each one of the reels is associated with only one display area;
- and
- (b) each one of the display areas displays only one game symbol;
- receiving a wager;
- dividing the wager into a plurality of wager portions;
- individually allocating each one of the wager portions to a different one of the display areas;
- evaluating the displayed game symbols to determine whether a winning condition is met;
- as a result of meeting the winning condition:
- (a) determining which ones of the wager portions are allocated to the one or more display areas associated with the winning condition;
- and
- (b) determining an award based on each one of the determined wager portions;
- and
- indicating the determined award.
11 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.