US 5,947,820 AGranted

Electronic game method and apparatus with hierarchy of simulated wheels

AssigneeInternational Game Technology

InventorsStephen W. Morro, Anthony J. Baerlocher, Robert W. Crowder, Jr.

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Abstract

A computer implemented electronic game provides a game portion which includes a puzzle completion game. In one instance, the puzzle is a word phrase. The first area displays regions for each letter in the phrase. A payline of an electronic slot machine display is associated with one of a plurality of letter indicia, with a bonus value associated with each of the letter indicia. After a simulated slot machine reel spin, if the slot machine portion shows a winning combination, any letters associated with the winning paylines which match uncovered letters of the phrase will be revealed in the phrase region and a bonus value is implemented equal to the product of the bonus points associated with that letter times the number of occurrence of that letter in the phrase times the number of coins bet on the particular payline.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented gaming method comprising:

providing a computer coupled to a display screen;
controlling said display screen, using said computer, to display a first puzzle having a plurality of puzzle pieces;
receiving in a wager acceptor coupled to said computer, a wager of a first number of coins from a user;
controlling said display screen, using said computer, to display a first image simulating a first number of random events by displaying a first number of symbols in a first number of configurations, wherein at least a first puzzle piece is associated with each configuration;
designating a puzzle piece as a selected puzzle piece if a predefined combination of said first number of symbols is positioned in a configuration associated with said selected puzzle pieces;
and
controlling said display screen, using said computer, to display an image which reveals puzzle pieces of said first puzzle which are identical to said selected puzzle pieces.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/891,476Filed 11 Jul 1997 · division
Priority: 22 Mar 1996
Granted: 7 Sep 1999
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G07F 17/3244
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
G07F 17/32
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
G07F 17/3258
Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes: cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
G07F
Coin-freed or like apparatus