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US 2021/0217282 A1Published application
Gaming system providing multiple draw game
AssigneeIGT Global Solutions Corporation
InventorsBradford Heathcote, Sarah Simpkins, Aaron Michael Koll
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Abstract
A gaming system and a method of operating a gaming system that provides a game with multiple draws such as a lottery game with multiple draws.
Claims20
A lottery gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- for a play of a lottery game:
- determine a player set of symbols from a set of symbols, the set of symbols comprising a plurality of different symbols;
- generate a lottery ticket comprising an indication of the player set of symbols;
- store data associated with the lottery ticket;
- cause the lottery ticket to be provided to the player;
- randomly select a first set of draw symbols from the set of symbols;
- determine, based on the first set of draw symbols, a set of remaining symbols of the set of symbols, wherein the set of remaining symbols comprises the symbols of the set of symbols minus the symbols of first set of draw symbols;
- associate a set of awards with the set of remaining symbols;
- randomly select a second set of draw symbols from the set of remaining symbols;
- and
- determine any of the awards associated with the player set of symbols based on a comparison of the player set of symbols and the second set of draw symbols, and based on the awards associated with the set of remaining symbols.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- for a play of a game:
- determine a player set of symbols from a set of symbols the set of symbols comprising a plurality of different symbols;
- at a first draw time, randomly select a first quantity of draw symbols from the set of symbols;
- determine a plurality of remaining symbols from the set of symbols that are not any of the first quantity of draw symbols;
- associate a plurality of different awards with the determined plurality of remaining symbols, such that each remaining symbol is associated with one of the plurality of different awards;
- communicate data to cause a display, by a display device, of the determined plurality of remaining symbols from the set of symbols, and indications of each of the awards associated with the determined plurality of remaining symbols;
- at a second draw time, randomly select one of the determined plurality of remaining symbols from the set of symbols;
- and
- responsive to the randomly selected one of the determined plurality of remaining symbols being one of the player set of symbols, determine the award randomly associated with the selected one of the remaining symbols.
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A method of operating a lottery gaming system, said method comprising:
- for a play of a lottery game:
- determining, via a processor, a player set of symbols from a set of symbols, the set of symbols comprising a plurality of different symbols;
- generating, via the processor, a lottery ticket comprising an indication of the player set of symbols;
- storing, via the processor and a memory device, data associated with the lottery ticket;
- causing, via the processor, the lottery ticket to be provided to the player;
- randomly selecting, via the processor, a first set of draw symbols from the set of symbols;
- determining, via the processor, based on the first set of draw symbols, a set of remaining symbols of the set of symbols, wherein the set of remaining symbols comprises the symbols of the set of symbols minus the symbols of first set of draw symbols;
- associating, via the processor, a set of awards with the set of remaining symbols;
- randomly selecting, via the processor, a second set of draw symbols from the set of remaining symbols;
- and
- determining, via the processor, any of the awards associated with the player set of symbols based on a comparison of the player set of symbols and the second set of draw symbols, and based on the awards associated with the set of remaining symbols.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.