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US 6,632,139 B1Granted
Gaming device having a bonus scheme with symbol generator and symbol terminating condition
AssigneeIgt
InventorAnthony J. Baerlocher
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Abstract
The present invention involves a gaming device with a bonus scheme which includes a symbol generator and a plurality of symbols. When two or more predetermined symbols are generated and displayed, the bonus round terminates. Depending upon which symbols the gaming device generates and displays, the bonus round may or may not terminate. This type of bonus scheme provides an exciting manner of terminating bonus rounds and increases player entertainment.
Claims47
A gaming device having a bonus round comprising:
- a plurality of independent symbol generators, each including a plurality of symbols;
- at least one terminating condition, said terminating condition including at least two predetermined symbols, wherein one of the symbol generators is adapted to generate one of said predetermined symbols and another of said symbol generators is adapted to generate another one of said predetermined symbols;
- a plurality of simultaneously generated symbols, including one symbol from each symbol generator;
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- a display device for displaying the generated symbols,
- whereby the bonus round terminates when the terminating condition occurs including the simultaneous generation by the symbol generators of each of the predetermined symbols in a designated result area associated with said symbol generator, and wherein the simultaneous generation of less than all of the predetermined symbols (a) does not cause termination of the bonus round, (b) does not cause part of the terminating condition to be satisfied, and (c) does not cause an accumulation of any of the predetermined symbols for subsequently achieving the terminating condition.
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A method of operating a bonus round of a gaming device comprising the steps of:
- (a) initiating the bonus round;
- (b) generating a plurality of symbols on a plurality of symbol generators, wherein one of the symbol generators is adapted to generate one predetermined symbol and another of said symbol generators is adapted to generate another predetermined symbol;
- (c) displaying the generated symbols;
- (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) until the predetermined symbols are simultaneously generated by the symbol generators in a designated result area associated with each said symbol generator, and wherein the simultaneous generation of less than all of the predetermined symbols (i) does not cause termination of the bonus round and (ii) and does not cause an accumulation of any of the predetermined symbols for subsequent simultaneous generation of the predetermined symbols;
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- (e) terminating the bonus round.
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A gaming device comprising:
- a game;
- a plurality of independent symbol generators in said game, each symbol generator including a plurality of symbols;
- at least one terminating condition, said terminating condition including at least two predetermined symbols, wherein a first predetermined symbol is adapted to be generated by first one of the symbol generators and a second predetermined symbol is adapted to be generated by a second one of said symbol generators;
- a display device;
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- a processor operable with said display device and symbol generators to cause the random generation of a plurality of said symbols including one symbol from each symbol generator and terminate said game if the terminating condition occurs including the simultaneous generation by the symbol generators of each of the first and second predetermined symbols in a designated result area associated with said first and second symbol generators, and wherein the simultaneous generation of less than all of the predetermined symbols (a) does not cause termination of the game, (b) does not cause part of the terminating condition to be satisfied, and (c) does not cause an accumulation of any of the predetermined symbols for subsequently achieving the terminating condition.
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A method of operating a gaming device comprising the steps of:
- (a) initiating a game;
- (b) randomly generating a plurality of symbols on a plurality of symbol generators, wherein a first symbol generator is adapted to generate a first predetermined symbol and a second symbol generator is adapted to generate a second predetermined symbol;
- (c) displaying the generated symbols;
- (d) providing an award, if any, to a player based on said symbols;
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- (e) repeating steps (b) to (d) until the first and second predetermined symbols are simultaneously generated by the first and second symbol generators in a designated result area associated with each said symbol generators, and wherein the simultaneous generation of less than all of the first and second predetermined symbols (i) does not cause termination of the game and (ii) and does not cause an accumulation of any of the predetermined symbols for subsequent simultaneous generation of the predetermined symbols.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.