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US 2019/0102972 A1Published application
Gaming machine and method having bonus features for multiple game presentations
AssigneeEveri Games, Inc.
InventorBrian Watkins
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Abstract
A gaming machine and method for providing multiple simultaneous virtual game presentations to a player. The machine controller is programmed to operate the virtual game presentations in response to player wagers, and determine if virtual game presentations all include a winning pattern. If so, the controller activates a bonus game structure to display the conduct of a bonus game and a bonus game result. A trigger pattern may replicate to selected virtual game presentations. The bonus game operates to select a multiplier value applied to all of the results from the multiple virtual game presentations.
Claims13
A gaming machine comprising:
- a cabinet to which is mounted one or more video displays;
- a controller operatively coupled to control the one or more video displays;
- a credit input device in communication with the controller and adapted for accepting a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a player credit balance;
- a plurality of player-activated input devices in communication with the controller for setting wagers covered by the credit balance and initiating games for determining the outcomes of the wagers;
- a data structure stored in a memory comprising data corresponding to four or more game presentations, each including a set of virtual reel strips including game symbols;
- a data structure stored in the memory comprising data corresponding to a first bonus game structure;
- wherein the controller is programmed to:
- cause the four or more game presentations to be displayed simultaneously by at least one of the displays;
- in response to a wager activation by a player on one of the player input devices, cause the four or more game presentations to all simultaneously display conducting a game including spinning their respective sets of virtual reels and stopping to produce a respective randomly selected outcome, and evaluate the outcomes for winning patterns each having an associated credit award;
- determine if the four or more virtual game presentations all include a winning pattern, and if so, activate the bonus game structure to display the conduct of a bonus game and a bonus game result;
- based on the bonus game result, applying a base game modifier or awarding a bonus prize amount in addition to a base game prize and crediting the resulting amount to the credit balance;
- and
- receive a player cash out input through the player controls and, in response, initiate a payout of the credit balance.
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A method of providing a wagering game under control of a gaming machine electronic controller, the method comprising:
- receiving a player deposit through a credit input device and in response activating a credit meter value that establishes a player credit balance;
- activating a first data game presentation data structure causing four or more game presentations to be displayed simultaneously by at least one display on the gaming machine;
- in response to a wager activation by a player on one of the player input devices, causing the four or more game presentations to all simultaneously display conducting a game including spinning their respective sets of virtual reels and stopping to produce a respective randomly selected outcome, and evaluate the outcomes for winning patterns each having an associated credit award;
- determining if the four or more virtual game presentations all include a winning pattern, and if so, activating a second bonus game data structure to display the conduct of a bonus game and a bonus game result;
- based on the bonus game result, applying a base game modifier or awarding a bonus prize amount in addition to a base game prize and crediting the resulting amount to the credit balance;
- and
- receiving a player cash out input through a player control and, in response, initiating a payout of the credit balance.
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A gaming machine comprising:
- a cabinet to which is mounted one or more video displays;
- a controller operatively coupled to control the one or more video displays;
- a credit input device in communication with the controller and adapted for accepting a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a player credit balance;
- a plurality of player-activated input devices in communication with the controller for setting wagers covered by the credit balance and initiating games for determining the outcomes of the wagers;
- a data structure stored in a memory comprising data corresponding to four or more game presentations, each including a set of virtual reel strips including game symbols;
- a data structure stored in the memory comprising data corresponding to a first bonus game structure;
- wherein the controller is programmed to:
- cause the four or more game presentations to be displayed simultaneously by at least one of the displays;
- in response to a wager activation by a player on one of the player input devices, cause the four or more game presentations to all simultaneously display conducting a game including spinning their respective sets of virtual reels and stopping to produce a respective randomly selected outcome, and evaluate the outcomes for winning patterns each having an associated credit award;
- detect the presence of a trigger pattern in one of the virtual game presentations;
- in response, based on a characteristic of the virtual game presentation including the trigger pattern, select one or more of the other virtual game presentations;
- in the selected one or more virtual game presentations, modifying a corresponding virtual reel strip to include the trigger pattern;
- then, evaluating the virtual game presentations for winning patterns.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.