Matched symbol upgrade slot game
AssigneeIgt
InventorBrian F. Saunders
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Abstract
Methods and systems providing game play of a slot game allowing for identifying matching symbols in the same relative positions in two or more grids. A first grid and a second grid may be displayed. Symbols for each grid spot in the first and second grids are determined, and the display of the game is updated with the determined symbols. A first symbol in a first location in the first grid is determined to match a second symbol in a second location in a second grid, where the first location and the second location are the same relative positions in the first grid and the second grid. An award to a player is determined based on the determined match.
Claims20
A method of providing game play of a wager-based game through a gaming machine having a controller, the method comprising:
- updating, by the controller, a display of the gaming machine to display a first grid and a second grid, the first grid comprising a first plurality of grid spots, and the second grid comprising a second plurality of grid spots;
- determining, by the controller, a symbol for each grid spot in the first grid;
- determining, by the controller, a symbol for each grid spot in the second grid;
- updating, by the controller, the display of the gaming machine by updating the first grid and the second grid with the determined symbols;
- determining, by the controller, that a first symbol in a first location in the first grid matches a second symbol in a second location in a second grid, wherein the first location and the second location are the same relative positions in the first grid and the second grid;
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- determining, by the controller, a first award to a player based on the determined match.
An electronic device for playing a slot game, comprising:
- a display configured to display the slot game to a player;
- a user-input panel;
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- a game controller having one or more data processors and one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform operations comprising:
- updating a display of the gaming machine to display a first grid and a second grid, the first grid comprising a first plurality of grid spots, and the second grid comprising a second plurality of grid spots;
- determining a symbol for each grid spot in the first grid;
- determining a symbol for each grid spot in the second grid;
- updating the display of the gaming machine by updating the first grid and the second grid with the determined symbols;
- determining that a first symbol in a first location in the first grid matches a second symbol in a second location in a second grid, wherein the first location and the second location are the same relative positions in the first grid and the second grid;
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- determining a first award to a player based on the determined match.
A computer-readable storage medium having machine instructions stored therein, the instructions being executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- updating a display of the gaming machine to display a first grid and a second grid, the first grid comprising a first plurality of grid spots, and the second grid comprising a second plurality of grid spots;
- determining a symbol for each grid spot in the first grid;
- determining a symbol for each grid spot in the second grid;
- updating, the display of the gaming machine by updating the first grid and the second grid with the determined symbols;
- determining that a first symbol in a first location in the first grid matches a second symbol in a second location in a second grid, wherein the first location and the second location are the same relative positions in the first grid and the second grid;
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- determining a first award to a player based on the determined match.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.