US 2008/0188285 A1Published application

Gaming Machine And Method

AssigneeVideo Gaming Technologies, Inc.

InventorKarl Roelofs

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Abstract

A gaming machine includes a display having a reel section and a grid section. The reel section includes a plurality of cells arranged in one reel row and a plurality of reel columns. The grid section includes a plurality of cells arranged in a plurality of grid rows and a plurality of grid columns, with each of the reel columns corresponding to a specific grid column. A game is played by repeating the steps of displaying icons in each of the cells in the reel section, selecting one of the icons in the reel section and transferring the selected icon to the lowermost unoccupied cell in the grid column corresponding to the reel column in which the icon is displayed. The game is won when an alignment of icons in the grid section is equal to a defined winning grid alignment of icons.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A method of playing a game on a gaming machine including a display having a reel section defining a plurality of cells disposed in one reel row and a plurality of reel columns and a grid section defining a plurality of cells disposed in a plurality of grid rows and a plurality of grid columns with each of the grid columns corresponding to one specific reel column, said method comprising the steps of:

defining a winning grid alignment of icons;
displaying an icon in each cell of the reel section of the display;
selecting one of the icons displayed in the reel section of the display;
transferring the selected icon from the reel section to a lowermost unoccupied cell in the grid column of the grid section corresponding to the specific reel column in which the icon is displayed;
repeating the steps of displaying an icon in each cell of the reel section of the display, selecting one of the icons displayed in the reel section of the display and transferring the selected icon from the reel section to the lowermost unoccupied cell in the grid column of the grid section corresponding to the specific reel column in which the icon is displayed to position a plurality of icons in the grid section of the display;
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indicating a win if an alignment of the icons positioned in the grid section of the display is equal to the defined winning grid alignment.

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