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US 2019/0197834 A1Published application
Gaming machine having separated feature games
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
InventorsEric Satterlie, Christmas Uberuaga
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Abstract
A gaming machine having three displays of (1) five mechanical reels, (2) five video reels and (3) a single multi-slice wheel. Gaming interaction between the three displays provides a base game on the mechanical reels from which (1) a first spinning-reel-type bonus game is triggered and (2) a second wheel-type bonus game is triggered.
Claims20
A gaming machine, comprising:
- a plurality of mechanical reels;
- a video display device;
- a game controller;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the game controller, cause the game controller to at least:
- cause the plurality of mechanical reels to spin and present a base game outcome;
- trigger a bonus game in response to the base game outcome including a first number of instances of a first special symbol, the first number of instance at least equal to a threshold number;
- cause the video display device to display a plurality of video reels such that the plurality of video reels present symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions;
- award a plurality of spins of the plurality of video reels to a play of the bonus game;
- populate first ones of the plurality of symbol display positions with a second number of instances of a second special symbol, the second number of instances at least equal to the first number of instances;
- lock each of the second number of instances to its respective symbol display position for a duration of the bonus game;
- until a termination of the bonus game, cause the video display device to spin the plurality of video reels and lock each further instance of the second special symbol to its respective symbol display position;
- and
- generate a bonus game award based at least in part on each instance of the second special symbol.
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A method of operating a gaming machine, the method comprising:
- spinning a plurality of mechanical reels of the gaming machine and presenting a base game outcome;
- triggering a bonus game in response to the base game outcome including a first number of instances of a first special symbol, the first number of instance at least equal to a threshold number;
- display, via a video display device of the gaming machine, a plurality of video reels such that the plurality of video reels present symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions;
- awarding a plurality of spins of the plurality of video reels to a play of the bonus game;
- populating first ones of the plurality of symbol display positions with a second number of instances of a second special symbol, the second number of instances at least equal to the first number of instances;
- locking each of the second number of instances to its respective symbol display position for a duration of the bonus game;
- until a termination of the bonus game, spinning the plurality of video reels and locking each further instance of the second special symbol to its respective display position;
- and
- generating a bonus game award based at least in part on each instance of the second special symbol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.