Back to results
US 5,997,401 AGranted
Slot machine with symbol save feature
AssigneeSigma Game, Inc.
InventorCurtis J. Crawford
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for operating a rotating reel type slot machine, or a video machine which depicts rotating reels, is described herein which allows a player to save in memory one or more symbols from one or more previous games and use those symbols in a current game to obtain a winning combination. The display glass of the slot machine contains an area for displaying the symbols which have been saved.
Claims13
A slot machine comprising:
- a display portion displaying a plurality of rotatable reels, each reel having a plurality of symbols on its periphery;
- a means for rotating said reels and stopping said reels such that at least two symbols on each reel are displayed to a player of the slot machine across at least two horizontal paylines;
- a selector for allowing said player to store at least two of said displayed symbols per reel as one or more saved symbols in a memory for use in a subsequent game, said selector being available for use by said player to store said symbols after each game, stored symbols being available for use by said player for multiple subsequent games;
- a display area associated with each of said rotatable reels for displaying said one or more saved symbols of said respective reel;
- and
- an award means for awarding a payment to said player for winning combinations of symbols using both said one or more saved symbols and currently displayed symbols for determining a winning combination of symbols.
3 more elements
A method for operating a slot machine comprising the steps of:
- rotating reels in said slot machine, each reel having a plurality of symbols around its periphery;
- stopping said reels to display at least two symbols on each reel in a particular symbol combination;
- selecting two or more displayed symbols for at least one of said reels to be saved and stored in a memory, said machine allowing a player to perform said step of selecting after each game, stored symbols being available for use by said player for multiple subsequent games;
- displaying said saved symbols in a display area associated with the respective reel;
- rotating each of said reels subsequent to said step of selecting;
- stopping said reels to display at least two symbols on each reel in another particular symbol combination;
- and
- determining a payment to a player for a winning combination of symbols using both saved symbols and currently displayed symbols for determining a winning combination of symbols.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.