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US 2015/0031438 A1Published application
Method of simultaneous indication of multiple winning combinations in a symbol matrix
AssigneeIgt
InventorsAnthony M. Singer, T. Grant Bolling, JR., Daniel M. Marks
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Abstract
The present invention teaches novel methods for simultaneous indication of winning combinations in the symbol matrix. More specifically, the present invention simultaneously indicates all winning combinations formed by symbols appearing in symbol positions common to multiple pay lines. In a preferred embodiment, symbol positions common to multiple pay lines that display winning symbol combinations are simultaneously indicated to the player in a first manner. In addition, the remaining symbol positions for each of said multiple pay lines are simultaneously indicated in a second manner.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a display device;
- an input device;
- a processor;
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- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the display device and the input device to:
- (a) display a plurality of symbol display areas;
- (b) display a plurality of paylines, each payline being associated with a different plurality of the symbol display areas, the plurality of paylines including:
- (i) a first payline associated with a first plurality of the symbol display areas, and
- (ii) a second payline associated with a second plurality of the symbol display areas, wherein the first plurality of the symbol display areas and the second plurality of the symbol display areas are different and are associated with one or more of the same symbol display areas;
- (c) randomly generate and display a plurality of symbols at the plurality of symbol display areas;
- (d) for each payline:
- (i) determine whether the symbols displayed at the symbol display areas associated with said payline form a first designated symbol combination;
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- (ii) if the symbols displayed at the symbol display areas associated with said payline form the first designated symbol combination, determine an award associated with the first designated symbol combination;
- (e) if the symbols displayed at the one or more same symbol display areas associated with both the first payline and the second payline form the first designated symbol combination, display a first visual indicator in association with the one or more same symbol display areas shared by both the first payline and the second payline;
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- (f) display any determined awards.
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A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
- (a) causing a processor to operate with a display device to display a plurality of symbol display areas;
- (b) causing the processor to operate with the display device to display a plurality of paylines, each payline being associated with a different plurality of the symbol display areas, the plurality of paylines including:
- (i) a first payline associated with a first plurality of the symbol display areas, and
- (ii) a second payline associated with a second plurality of the symbol display areas, wherein the first plurality of the symbol display areas and the second plurality of the symbol display areas are different and are associated with one or more of the same symbol display areas;
- (c) causing the processor to randomly generate and operate with the display device to display a plurality of symbols at the plurality of symbol display areas;
- (d) for each payline:
- (i) causing the processor to determine whether the symbols displayed at the symbol display areas associated with said payline form a first designated symbol combination;
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- (ii) if the symbols displayed at the symbol display areas associated with said payline form the first designated symbol combination, causing the processor to determine an award associated with the first designated symbol combination;
- (e) if the symbols displayed at the one or more same symbol display areas associated with both the first payline and the second payline form the first designated symbol combination, causing the processor to operate with the display device to display a first visual indicator in association with the one or more same symbol display areas shared by both the first payline and the second payline;
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- (f) causing the processor to operate with the display device to display any determined awards.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.