Systems, Apparatuses and Methods for Awarding Gaming Payouts
OwnerBradley Bermaninventor
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses and methods for enhancing payout awards in gaming activities, such as providing additional chances for obtaining a winning payout and/or augmenting payout awards in gaming activities. One exemplary method involves presenting symbols in a plurality of symbol locations; determining whether any predetermined symbol location groups, which are distinct from established paylines in which a symbol paytable identifies winning payouts, respectively include matching symbols therein; and providing a payout amount if one or more of the predetermined symbol location groups respectively includes the matching symbols therein.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- presenting symbols in a plurality of symbol locations;
- determining whether any predetermined symbol location groups, which are distinct from established paylines in which a symbol paytable identifies winning payouts, respectively include matching symbols therein;
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- providing a payout amount if one or more of the predetermined symbol location groups respectively includes the matching symbols therein.
A method comprising:
- establishing one or more paylines, on which consecutive like symbols presented in symbol locations and matching those identified via a paytable will produce a winning result;
- presenting symbols in a plurality of the symbol locations;
- determining whether a first payout value is awarded based on whether any of the consecutive like symbols were presented on the established paylines that match those identified in the paytable;
- determining whether a second payout value is awarded based on whether a plurality of any matching symbols was presented in any of a plurality of predetermined symbol location groups, wherein the second payout value is the same regardless of the particular symbol that was matched in its respective symbol location group;
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- providing a total payout based on at least any determined first payout value and any determined second payout value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.