Gaming System and a Method of Gaming
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
InventorColin Fong
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Abstract
A gaming method and system, the method comprising providing one or more reels in a spinning reel game, the reels being displayed as three dimensional and displayed as provided with game symbols along and around the reels, displaying spinning of the reels and thereby sequentially displaying at least some of the game symbols displayed as provided along the reels, displaying rotating of the reels and thereby sequentially displaying at least some of the game symbols displayed as provided around the reels, stopping the spinning and the rotating of each of the reels at a respective stop position, and determining a game outcome based on at least some of the game symbols displayed when each of the reels is in its respective stop position.
Claims21
A gaming machine comprising:
- a reel including a plurality of reel positions, at least one of the plurality of reel positions being operable to concurrently rotate about a vertical axis centered behind the reel positions, and about a horizontal axis centered behind one of the reel positions;
- a display through which at least a portion of the reel positions is displayed;
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- a game controller comprising a processor and memory storing instructions, which, when executed, cause the processor to selectively rotate the at least one of the plurality of reel positions about the vertical axis and the horizontal axis when the at least one of the reel positions is selected for display through the display.
A gaming machine comprising:
- at least one reel including a plurality of reel positions, the reel having a toroidal shape and operable to concurrently rotate in two different directions of rotation, wherein a first direction of rotation is along a surface of the toroidal shape, and wherein a second direction of rotation is along the surface of the toroidal shape but relatively orthogonal to the first direction;
- a display through which at least a portion of the at least one reel is displayed;
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- a game controller comprising a processor and memory storing instructions, which, when executed, cause the processor to selectively rotate the at least one reel about the first direction of rotation and the second direction of rotation.
A method of gaming in a gaming machine having at least one reel including a plurality of reel positions, the at least one reel having a toroidal shape and operable to concurrently rotate in two different directions of rotation, wherein a first direction of rotation is along a surface of the toroidal shape, and wherein a second direction of rotation is along the surface of the toroidal shape but relatively orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the at least one reel also having a plurality of symbols selectable for display, a display through which at least a portion of the at least one reel is displayed, and a game controller comprising a processor and memory storing instructions, which, when executed, cause the processor to initiate a game, the method comprising:
- selecting, by the game controller, a number of symbols for display through the display;
- selectively rotating, by the game controller, the at least one reel about the first direction of rotation and the second direction of rotation to display the at least one reel as spinning;
- displaying, on the display by the game controller, the symbols selected as a game outcome when the game controller stops selectively rotating the at least one reel;
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- displaying, on the display by the game controller, a game outcome.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.