US 2011/0256920 A1 · GAMING DEVICE HAVING SEQUENTIAL ACTIVATIONS OF A GAME AND REPLAY OF PREVIOUS ACTIVATIONS OF THE GAME

Abstract

A gaming device including a plurality of reels with a plurality of symbols on each of the reels. At least one and preferably a plurality of the symbols on the primary reels are designated as tracking or back symbols. A tracking symbol is a symbol that, when generated on a reel, causes the gaming device to flag the outcome of the current and all tracking spins in a memory storage device. A back symbol is a symbol that, when generated on a reel, causes the gaming device to retrieve the flagged outcomes of each flagged spin and to re-display the outcomes in a sequential manner and to provide the awards associated with the outcomes to the player. An additional embodiment of the invention automatically flags all spins of the gaming device for retrieval and display upon the generation of a back or bonus symbol. The gaming device determines if an award is associated with one or more of the symbols generated on the reels and provides any determined award to the player.

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Dependent claims

A gaming system comprising:

at least one display device;
at least one input device;
at least one processor;
and
at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to:
(a) for each play of a game:
(i) enable a player to place a wager,
(ii) randomly generate one of a plurality of different outcomes,
(iii) display the randomly generated outcome,
(iv) determine an award associated with the randomly generated outcome, and
(v) display the determined award;
(b) save a plurality of the determined awards associated with a plurality of the randomly generated outcomes of a plurality of plays of the game;
(c) display the saved awards;
and
(d) upon an occurrence of a bonus event in association with one of the plays of the game:
(i) determine a bonus event award based on a sum of the saved awards, and
(ii) provide the determined bonus event award.

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A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

(a) for each play of a game:
(i) enabling a player to place a wager,
(ii) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to randomly generate one of a plurality of different outcomes,
(iii) causing at least one display device to display the randomly generated outcome,
(iv) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine an award associated with the randomly generated outcome, and
(v) causing the at least one display device to display the determined award;
(b) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to save a plurality of the determined awards associated with a plurality of the randomly generated outcomes of a plurality of plays of the game;
(c) causing the at least one display device to display the saved awards;
and
(d) upon an occurrence of a bonus event in association with one of the plays of the game:
(i) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a bonus event award based on a sum of the saved awards, and
(ii) providing the determined bonus event award.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Gaming device having sequential activations of a game and replay of previous activations of the game

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Gaming device having sequential activations of a game and replay of previous activations of the game

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