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US 2026/0065739 A1Published application
Moving accumulated symbols for award redemption
AssigneeIgt
InventorsUroš Colovic, David Wright
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Abstract
Gaming systems and methods that accumulate zero, one or more symbols wherein the accumulation of one symbol triggers the movement of any previously accumulated symbols towards a symbol award redemption area.
Claims20
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a housing comprising an access door;
- a security monitoring circuit supported by the housing;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- cause a display, by a display device, of a first symbol at a symbol generation display position, and
- when an opening of the access door is detected via the security monitoring circuit:
- disable any displayed movement of any accumulated symbols, and
- following at least a closing of the access door detected via the security monitoring circuit:
- enable any displayed movement of any accumulated symbols,
- responsive to the first symbol being displayed at the symbol generation display position and an accumulated second symbol being displayed at a first symbol accumulation display position related to the symbol generation display position, cause a display, by the display device, of a movement of the accumulated second symbol from the first symbol accumulation display position to a second symbol accumulation display position related to the first symbol accumulation display position, and
- responsive to the first symbol being displayed at the symbol generation display position and an accumulated third symbol being displayed at a third symbol accumulation display position related to a symbol redemption display position, cause a display, by the display device, of a movement of the accumulated third symbol from the third symbol accumulation display position to the symbol redemption display position.
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The electronic gaming machine of claim 5, wherein the memory device stores a plurality of further instructions that, when executed by the processor responsive to no symbols being displayed at any symbol generation display positions and the accumulated third symbol being displayed at the third symbol accumulation display position, cause the processor to cause a display, by the display device, of a retention of the accumulated third symbol displayed at the third symbol accumulation display position.
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a housing comprising an access door;
- a security monitoring circuit supported by the housing;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- causing a display, by a display device, of:
- a plurality of symbol generation display positions,
- a plurality of symbol accumulation display positions, wherein at least one of the plurality of symbol accumulation display positions is related to at least one of the plurality of symbol generation display positions, and any randomly determined symbols from any of a plurality of plays of a game are accumulated in association with at least one of the symbol accumulation display positions, and
- a plurality of symbol redemption display positions, wherein at least one of the plurality of symbol redemption display positions is related to at least one of the plurality of symbol accumulation display positions, and any randomly determined symbols from any of the plurality of plays of the game are redeemed in association with at least one of the symbol redemption display positions, and
- when an opening of the access door is detected via the security monitoring circuit:
- disable any accumulation of any randomly determined symbols at any of the plurality of symbol generation display positions, and
- following at least a closing of the access door detected via the security monitoring circuit, enable any accumulation of any randomly determined symbols at any of the plurality of symbol generation display positions.
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An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a housing comprising an access door;
- a security monitoring circuit supported by the housing;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- responsive to an occurrence of a symbol generation event, cause a display, by a display device, of a symbol at a symbol generation display position, and
- when an opening of the access door is detected via the security monitoring circuit:
- disable each of any accumulation of any symbol, any movement of any symbol and any redemption of any symbol, and
- following at least a closing of the access door detected via the security monitoring circuit:
- enable each of any accumulation of any symbol, any movement of any symbol and any redemption of any symbol,
- responsive to an occurrence of a symbol accumulation event, cause a display, by the display device, of an accumulation of the symbol at a first one of a plurality of symbol accumulation display positions,
- responsive to an occurrence of an accumulated symbol movement event, cause a display, by the display device, of a movement of the symbol from the first one of the plurality of symbol accumulation display positions to a second one of the plurality of symbol accumulation display positions, and
- responsive to an occurrence of an accumulated symbol redemption event, cause a display, by the display device, of a redemption of the symbol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.