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US 2015/0031436 A1Published application
Gaming machine and methods of allowing a player to play a gaming machine having multiple games with the same reel
AssigneeKonami Gaming, Inc.
InventorSatoshi Suda
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Abstract
A gaming machine for providing multiple games to a player with the same reel is described herein. The gaming machine displays a first game that includes a first portion of a reel in a first display area and concurrently displays a second game that includes a second portion of the reel being displayed in a second display area. The gaming machine randomly generates an outcome of the first game and spins and stops the at least one reel to display the first game outcome in the first display area and awards the player an award as a function of the first game outcome.
Claims20
A method of allowing a player to play a slot game with a gaming machine, the slot game including a plurality of reels, each reel having a plurality of game symbols in a predetermined order, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying, on a display device, a plurality of games, each of the plurality of games being displayed in a corresponding display area;
- displaying at least one reel of the plurality of reels extending across each of the display areas;
- displaying a first game in a first display area and including a first portion of the at least one reel being displayed in the first display area;
- displaying a second game in a second display area and including a second portion of the at least one reel being displayed in the second display area, the second game being displayed concurrently with the first game, the second display area being positioned with respect to the first display area to define an area between the first and the second display areas;
- randomly generating an outcome of the first game and spinning and stopping the at least one reel to display the first game outcome in the first display area, the at least one reel being displayed with a plurality of game symbols being visible within the defined area between the first and the second display areas;
- and,
- awarding the player an award as a function of the first game outcome.
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A gaming machine, comprising:
- a display device for displaying a plurality of slot games, each of the plurality of slot games including a plurality of reels, each reel having a plurality of game symbols in a predetermined order, each of the plurality of slot games being displayed in a corresponding display area;
- a user input device configured to generate a signal indicative of a player's selection input;
- and
- a controller coupled to the display device and the user input device, the controller for displaying at least one reel of the plurality of reels extending across each of the display areas, displaying a first game in a first display area and including a first portion of the at least one reel being displayed in the first display area, and displaying a second game in a second display area and including a second portion of the at least one reel being displayed in the second display area, the second game being displayed concurrently with the first game, the second display area being positioned with respect to the first display area to define an area between the first and the second display areas, the controller for randomly generating an outcome of the first game and spinning and stopping the at least one reel to display the first game outcome in the first display area and awarding the player an award as a function of the first game outcome, the at least one reel being displayed with a plurality of game symbols being visible within the defined area between the first and the second display areas.
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A system, comprising:
- a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device including a user input device for accepting a player's selection input and a display device;
- and
- a system controller coupled to each gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices for displaying a plurality of slot games on at least one gaming device, each of the plurality of slot games including a plurality of reels, each reel having a plurality of game symbols in a predetermined order, each of the plurality of slot games being displayed in a corresponding display area, the system controller for displaying at least one reel of the plurality of reels extending across each of the display areas, displaying a first game in a first display area and including a first portion of the at least one reel being displayed in the first display area, and displaying a second game in a second display area and including a second portion of the at least one reel being displayed in the second display area, the second game being displayed concurrently with the first game, the second display area being positioned with respect to the first display area to define an area between the first and the second display areas, the system controller for randomly generating an outcome of the first game and spinning and stopping the at least one reel to display the first game outcome in the first display area and awarding the player an award as a function of the first game outcome, the at least one reel being displayed with a plurality of game symbols being visible within the defined area between the first and the second display areas.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:
- display a plurality of games on a display device, each of the plurality of games including a plurality of reels, each reel having a plurality of game symbols in a predetermined order, each of the plurality of games being displayed in a corresponding display area;
- display at least one reel of the plurality of reels extending across each of the display areas;
- display a first game in a first display area and including a first portion of the at least one reel being displayed in the first display area;
- display a second game in a second display area and including a second portion of the at least one reel being displayed in the second display area, the second game being displayed concurrently with the first game, the second display area being positioned with respect to the first display area to define an area between the first and the second display areas;
- randomly generate an outcome of the first game and spin and stop the at least one reel to display the first game outcome in the first display area, the at least one reel being displayed with a plurality of game symbols being visible within the defined area between the first and the second display areas;
- and,
- award the player an award as a function of the first game outcome.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.