Floating reel gaming activity
OwnerBradley Berman, Rebecca Schuh +1inventors
InventorsBradley Berman, Rebecca Schuh, Jason Malkovich
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Abstract
A floating reel strip gaming activity involves randomly arranging first symbols on a plurality of gaming reels in response to a gaming event. Second symbols are randomly arranged on a floating reel in response to the gaming event. The floating reel is positioned over the plurality of gaming reels in response to the gaming event so that at least one of the second symbols are superimposed on at least one of the first symbols. A payout is determined in response to the gaming event based on the arrangement of the first symbols in combination with the second symbols.
Claims20
A gaming apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of gaming reels each having a plurality of first symbols that are randomly arranged in response to a gaming event;
- a floating reel having a plurality of second symbols that are randomly arranged in response to the gaming event, and wherein the floating reel is overlaid on the plurality of gaming reels in response to the gaming event so that at least one of the second symbols are superimposed at least one of the first symbols;
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- a payout device that determines a payout based on the arrangement of the first symbols in combination with the second symbols in response to the gaming event.
A method comprising:
- randomly arranging first symbols on a plurality of gaming reels in response to a gaming event;
- randomly arranging second symbols on a floating reel in response to the gaming event;
- positioning the floating reel over the plurality of gaming reels in response to the gaming event so that at least one of the second symbols are superimposed on at least one of the first symbols;
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- determining, in response to the gaming event, a payout based on the arrangement of the first symbols in combination with the second symbols.
A gaming system comprising:
- means for randomly arranging first symbols in response to a gaming event;
- means for randomly arranging second symbols so that at least one of the second symbols are superimposed on at least one of the first symbols in response to the gaming event;
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- means for determining, in response to the gaming event, a payout based on the arrangement of the first symbols in combination with the second symbols.
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