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US 2011/0256919 A1Published application
Gaming device for determining a re-drawing group for following games
AssigneeKonami Gaming, Inc.
InventorEiji Aida
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Abstract
To display a plurality of symbols in a plurality of display regions, upon starting a game, and in a case where trigger symbols are stop displayed in any of the plurality of display regions, to draw for specific display regions where trigger symbols are displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that the symbols are displayed having a predetermined relationship among the symbols in at least game units, and at the same time, to draw for general display regions that have symbols other than the trigger symbol displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that arbitrary symbols are independently displayed.
Claims17
A gaming machine comprising:
- a display unit having a plurality of mutually adjacent, same shape display regions each being adapted to display one of a plurality of symbols;
- a control unit randomly determining an outcome of a main game, the outcome including a symbol to be displayed in each of the plurality of display regions;
- and wherein in the main game, in a case that a predetermined triggering condition occurs, the control unit groups two of the same shape regions into a re-drawing group and determines a number of feature games, and in each of the determined number of feature games, the control unit:
- (a) determines for the re-drawing group, a single random symbol that is to be displayed in common in all of those display regions in the re-drawing group from the plurality of types of symbols;
- and
- (b) determines for each of those display regions that are not in the re-drawing groups a random symbol that is to be displayed in the respective display region from the plurality of symbols.
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A method of providing a game to a player, including the steps of:
- displaying a plurality of same shape display regions on a display unit, each display unit being adapted to display one of a plurality of symbols and being arranged in a predetermined arrangement;
- randomly determining an outcome of a main game and providing an award to the player on the condition of a winning condition in the main game, the outcome of the main game including a symbol to be displayed in each of the plurality of display regions;
- and wherein in the main game, in a case that a predetermined triggering condition occurs, grouping two of the same shape regions into a re-drawing group for a feature game, and responsively playing the feature game by:
- (a) determining for the re-drawing group, a single random symbol that is to be displayed in common in all of those display regions in the re-drawing group from the plurality of symbols;
- (b) determining for each of those display regions that are not in the re-drawing groups a random symbol that is to be displayed in the respective display region from the plurality of symbols;
- and,
- (c) awarding a feature award if a predetermined feature winning condition occurs in the feature game.
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A gaming machine for providing a game to a player, comprising:
- a display unit configured to display at least one symbol, each displayed symbol being located within a respective display region, the display regions being arranged in a predetermined arrangement;
- and,
- a control unit coupled to the display unit for initiating a game, the control unit in initiating the game being configured to:
- randomly determining an arrangement of the symbols;
- spinning the symbols on the display unit and stopping the symbols in the randomly determined arrangement;
- and
- detecting an occurrence of a winning combination of symbols and responsively providing the player with an award depending on the winning combination retrieved from the arrangement of symbols, wherein during the game, the symbols on a pair of display regions being the same, the control unit being adapted to stop the symbols on the pair of display regions at the same position in the bonus game.
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A method of providing a game to a player, including the steps of:
- displaying a plurality of symbols on a display unit, each symbol being displayed in a respective display region, the display regions being arranged in a predetermined arrangement;
- initiating a game by a control unit, the control unit in initiating the game being configured to:
- randomly determining an arrangement of the symbols;
- spinning the symbols on the display unit and stopping the symbols in the randomly determined arrangement;
- and
- detecting an occurrence of a winning combination of symbols and responsively providing the player with an award depending on the winning combination retrieved from the arrangement of symbols, wherein during the game, the symbols on a pair of display regions being the same, the control unit being adapted to stop the symbols on the pair of display regions at the same position in the bonus game.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.