Back to results
US 2011/0034234 A1Published application
Systems, apparatuses and methods for awarding gaming payouts
OwnerBradley Berman, Ryan Strand +2inventors
InventorsBradley Berman, Ryan Strand, Chad Shapiro, Sara Minor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for awarding gaming payouts in slot games are provided. Embodiments are directed to initiating a reelspin and moving at least one modifying symbol to a new symbol location. If a predetermined symbol appears in the new symbol location as a result of the reelspin, the predetermined symbol is replaced with the modifying symbol.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- providing a predetermined symbol that may appear in one or more symbol locations having at least one of a plurality of different characteristics in different appearances;
- initiating a reelspin;
- randomly selecting at least one of the plurality of different characteristics;
- determining whether the predetermined symbol appears in at least one symbol location as a result of the reelspin;
- determining which of the plurality of different characteristics was randomly selected;
- in response to determining that the predetermined symbol appears in at least one symbol location and that at least one appearance of the predetermined symbol includes the randomly selected characteristic, replacing the one or more predetermined symbols having the selected at least one characteristic with a modifying symbol;
- and
- analyzing resulting symbols to identify matching symbol combinations.
5 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a user interface configured to facilitate player participation in a gaming event;
- a display to present a representation of a game play area having a plurality of symbol locations;
- and
- a processor configured to provide a predetermined symbol that may appear in one or more symbol locations having at least one of a plurality of different characteristics in different appearances, initiate a reelspin, randomly select at least one of the plurality of different characteristics, determine whether the predetermined symbol appears in at least one symbol location as a result of the reelspin, determine which of the plurality of different characteristics was randomly selected, replace the one or more predetermined symbols having the selected at least one characteristic with a modifying symbol in response to determining that the predetermined symbol appears in at least one symbol location and that at least one appearance of the predetermined symbol includes the randomly selected characteristic, and analyze resulting symbols to identify matching symbol combinations.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- initiating a reelspin;
- moving at least one modifying symbol to a new symbol location;
- and
- if a predetermined symbol appears in the new symbol location as a result of the reelspin, replacing the predetermined symbol with the modifying symbol.
1 more element
An apparatus comprising:
- a user interface configured to facilitate player participation in a gaming event;
- a display to present a representation of a game play area having a plurality of symbol locations;
- and
- a processor configured to initiate a reelspin, move at least one modifying symbol to a new symbol location, and replace a predetermined symbol, that may appear having different characteristics in different eligible appearances, with the modifying symbol based on the characteristics of an eligible appearance when the predetermined symbol appears in the new symbol location at the conclusion of the reelspin.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.