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US 2014/0179401 A1Published application
Gaming device with selective bonusing
OwnerWilliam Arthur Taylorinventor
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Abstract
A gaming machine is described wherein one or more moving indicators travel around or among slot machine reels granting awards, bonuses or special characteristics to associated symbols on the reels.
Claims20
A method of presenting a wagering game to a player at a gaming machine comprising the steps of:
- accepting a wager from a player to play a game;
- displaying a plurality of game symbols in a plurality of symbol positions, one or more combinations of at least one of said game symbols defining a pre-determined winning outcome;
- displaying at least one marker in association with one or more of said game symbols, said markers having rules that modify winning outcomes;
- determining if at least one of said one or more combinations includes a winning outcome, said combinations consisting of active game symbols required for defining the winning outcome and inactive game symbols that consist of one or more game symbols that are not active game symbols;
- determining a base award for the winning outcome;
- determining if one or more of the game symbols used in the combination defining the winning outcome is in association with a marker;
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- modifying the base award in accordance with the rules associated with the marker.
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A method of presenting a wagering game to a player at a gaming machine comprising the steps of:
- accepting a wager from a player to play a game;
- displaying a plurality of game symbols in a plurality of symbol positions, one or more combinations of game symbols defining a pre-determined arrangement of symbols;
- displaying a bonus indicator in association with one or more of said game symbols, said bonus indicator having rules that modify said game symbols;
- determining if at least one of said one or more combinations includes the pre-determined arrangement of game symbols;
- determining if one or more of the game symbols used in the combination defining the pre-determined arrangement of game symbols is in association with a bonus indicator;
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- modifying one or more game symbols in accordance with the rules associated with the bonus indicator.
4 more elements
A method of playing a poker card game using a deck of playing cards comprising:
- a) providing a pay table which contains winning outcomes and awards associated with each winning outcome;
- b) a player making a wager to activate at least a first pay line to be played in the poker card game;
- c) displaying a first initial hand of cards face up corresponding to the first pay line;
- d) determining if the first initial hand comprises a predetermined arrangement of cards;
- e) determining if any card in said first initial hand is in association with a marker;
- and f) modifying said awards associated with each winning outcome in accordance with the rules associated with the marker.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.