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US 2020/0027305 A1Published application
Method of and gaming system for playing a symbol matching game
AssigneeNovomatic AG
InventorsJán KOCÚR, Lukás TOMONDY, Matej KIRAL'VARGA, Marek MACHÁCEK
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Abstract
A system apparatus and method which provides a player of a gaming system the ability to wager on accepted move inputs, wherein such move inputs cause like symbols to be removed from the symbol arrangement and replaced with new symbols, and wherein awards are provided when the such removed symbols allow for reward symbols to be released.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a display device;
- a bill acceptor;
- a user interface device;
- at least on processor device;
- and
- at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor device, cause the at least one processor device to:
- receive a confirmation from the bill acceptor that a physical indicia of monetary value was validly accepted;
- cause the display device to display a symbol arrangement of symbols;
- receive from the user interface device a desired move input from a player;
- determine whether the desired move input would cause a first plurality of symbols to meet a predefined match criteria;
- when the desired move input would cause the first plurality of symbols to meet the predefined match criteria, cause a wager to be placed and cause the display device to display a move of at least two symbols in accordance with the desired move input;
- determine a type of match for the first plurality of symbols;
- cause the display device to display the removal of the first plurality of symbols;
- when the type of match is determined to meet a predefined destroyer criteria, cause the display device to display the removal of at least one additional symbol;
- after the removal of the at least one additional symbol, cause the display device to display a movement of symbols to reconstitute the symbol arrangement;
- determine whether a first reward symbol was released by the reconstituted symbol arrangement;
- when the first reward symbol was released, determine an award based on the wager and the first reward symbol;
- and
- provide the award to the player.
16 more elements
A method for operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- receiving an electronic communication that a physical indicia of monetary value was validly accepted by a bill acceptor;
- causing a display device to display a symbol arrangement of symbols;
- receiving a desired move input from a user interface device;
- determining whether the desired move input would cause a first plurality of symbols to meet a predefined match criteria;
- when the desired move input would cause the first plurality of symbols to meet the predefined match criteria, causing a wager to be placed and causing the display device to display a move of at least two symbols in accordance with the desired move input;
- determining a type of match for the first plurality of symbols;
- causing the display device to display the removal of the first plurality of symbols;
- when the type of match is determined to meet a predefined destroyer criteria, causing the display device to display the removal of at least one additional symbol;
- after the removal of the at least one additional symbol, causing the display device to display a movement of symbols to reconstitute the symbol arrangement;
- determining whether a first reward symbol was released by the reconstituted symbol arrangement;
- when the first reward symbol was released, determining an award based on the wager and the first reward symbol;
- and
- providing the award to the player.
10 more elements
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that, upon execution, cause a system to:
- receive a confirmation from a bill acceptor that a physical indicia of monetary value was validly accepted;
- cause a display device to display a symbol arrangement of symbols;
- receive from a user interface device a desired move input from a player;
- determine whether the desired move input would cause a first plurality of symbols to meet a predefined match criteria;
- when the desired move input would cause the first plurality of symbols to meet the predefined match criteria, cause a wager to be placed and cause the display device to display a move of at least two symbols in accordance with the desired move input;
- determine a type of match for the first plurality of symbols;
- cause the display device to display the removal of the first plurality of symbols;
- when the type of match is determined to meet a predefined destroyer criteria, cause the display device to display the removal of at least one additional symbol;
- after the removal of the at least one additional symbol, cause the display device to display a movement of symbols to reconstitute the symbol arrangement;
- determine whether a first reward symbol was released by the reconstituted symbol arrangement;
- when the first reward symbol was released, determine an award based on the wager and the first reward symbol;
- and
- provide the award to the player.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.