Games Awarding Prizes Displayed in Winning Symbol Positions
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
InventorLipi Gupta
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Abstract
A gaming system selects a plurality of base symbols for display. When a winning symbol combination exists in the base symbols selected, and the winning symbol combination includes a defined base symbol, the gaming system selects a bonus symbol for display that is disposed over the defined base symbol.
Claims20
A gaming machine comprising:
- a display device operable to display a plurality of display positions;
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, a plurality of bonus reels, each of the plurality of bonus reels including a set of bonus symbols, and a plurality of base reels, each of the plurality of base reels including a set of base symbols;
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- a processor executing the instructions stored on the memory device, which cause the processor to at least:
- spin the plurality of base reels to display, via the processor, a plurality of base symbols selected from the set of base symbols at the plurality of display positions,
- evaluate the plurality of base symbols selected for a winning combination,
- select a first bonus reel from the plurality of bonus reels and a first bonus symbol from the set of bonus symbols in the first bonus reel selected,
- determine a first award if a first display position in the winning combination displays both a first base symbol selected and the first bonus symbol selected, and
- determine a second award if the first display position displays the first base symbol selected and a different second display position displays the first bonus symbol selected.
A method of playing a game for use with a gaming machine having a display device operable to display a plurality of display positions, a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, a plurality of bonus reels, each of the plurality of bonus reels including a set of bonus symbols, and a plurality of base reels, each of the plurality of base reels including a set of base symbols, and a processor executing the instructions stored on the memory device, the method comprising:
- controlling the plurality of display positions to display a plurality of base symbols selected from the set of base symbols based on a random number generated from a random number generator;
- selecting, via the processor, a first bonus reel from the plurality of bonus reels and a first bonus symbol from the set of bonus symbols in the first bonus reel selected in response to the plurality of base symbols selected including a winning combination;
- determining, via the processor, a first award if a first display position in the winning combination displays both a first base symbol selected and the first bonus symbol selected;
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- determining, via the processor, a second award if the first display position displays the first base symbol selected and a different second display position displays the first bonus symbol selected.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for conducting a game on an electronic gaming machine that includes a display device operable to display a plurality of display positions, a display providing a game play area arranged in columns of display positions, and a game controller comprising a processor and a memory storing a) a plurality of bonus reels, each of the plurality of bonus reels including a set of bonus symbols, b) a plurality of base reels, each of the plurality of base reels including a set of base symbols, and c) a plurality of instructions, which, when executed cause the processor to perform at least the steps of:
- displaying on the display device the plurality of base reels being spun;
- displaying at the plurality of display positions associated with the plurality of base reels being spun a plurality of base symbols selected from the set of base symbols based on a random number generated from a random number generator;
- evaluating, via the processor, the plurality of base symbols selected for a winning combination;
- selecting, via the processor, a first bonus reel from the plurality of bonus reels;
- selecting, via the processor, a first bonus symbol from the set of bonus symbols for the first bonus reel selected;
- determining, via the processor, a first award if a first display position in the winning combination displays both a first base symbol selected and the first bonus symbol selected;
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- determining, via the processor, a second award if the first display position displays the first base symbol selected and a different second display position displays the first bonus symbol selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.