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US 2020/0005591 A1Published application
Gaming system and method having independent, but interleaved reel sets
Assigneeadp Gauselmann GmbH
InventorMichael Charles Halvorson
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Abstract
Various embodiments of a gaming system and method are disclosed as generating a plurality of independent symbol sets that are interleaved, but can be evaluated separately and together to create new ways to win awards.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a display device, an input device, a value acceptor, a value dispenser, a random number generator, a memory device, and a processor, wherein the memory device stores program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- establish a credit balance based on a value received by the value acceptor;
- receive, via the input device, a wager for a play of a game using the credit balance;
- display, on the display device, a first set of reels;
- display, on the display device, a second set of reels, where at least some of the reels of the second set of reels are between reels of the first set of reels;
- randomly generate, using the random number generator, a first plurality of symbols and a second plurality of symbols;
- display, on the display device, the first plurality of symbols in the first set of reels and the second plurality of symbols in the second set of reels;
- perform an evaluation of the first plurality of symbols for winning symbol combinations, wherein the evaluation of the first plurality of symbols is independent of second plurality of symbols;
- determine one or more awards based on the winning symbol combinations;
- display, on the display device, the one or more awards;
- and
- issue a second value from the value dispenser based on the one or more awards.
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A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- establishing a credit balance based on a value received by a value acceptor;
- receiving, via an input device, a wager for a play of a game using the credit balance;
- displaying, by a processor using a display device, a first set of reels;
- displaying, by the processor using the display device, a second set of reels, where at least some of the reels of the second set of reels are between reels of the first set of reels;
- randomly generating, by the processor using a random number generator, a first plurality of symbols and a second plurality of symbols;
- displaying, by the processor using the display device, the first plurality of symbols in the first set of reels and the second plurality of symbols in the second set of reels;
- performing, by the processor, an evaluation of the first plurality of symbols for winning symbol combinations, wherein the evaluation of the first plurality of symbols is independent of second plurality of symbols;
- determining, by the processor, one or more awards based on the winning symbol combinations;
- displaying, by the processor using the display device, the one or more awards;
- and
- issuing, by the processor and a value dispenser, a second value based on the one or more awards.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having machine instructions stored therein, the instructions being executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
- establish a credit balance based on a value received by a value acceptor;
- receive, via an input device, a wager for a play of a game using the credit balance;
- display, on a display device, a first set of reels;
- display, on the display device, a second set of reels, where at least some of the reels of the second set of reels are between reels of the first set of reels;
- randomly generate, using a random number generator, a first plurality of symbols and a second plurality of symbols;
- display, on the display device, the first plurality of symbols in the first set of reels and the second plurality of symbols in the second set of reels;
- perform an evaluation of the first plurality of symbols for winning symbol combinations, wherein the evaluation of the first plurality of symbols is independent of second plurality of symbols;
- determine one or more awards based on the winning symbol combinations;
- display, on the display device, the one or more awards;
- and
- issuing a second value from a value dispenser based on the one or more awards.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.