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US 6,958,013 B2Granted
Gaming device having an accumulating award symbol
AssigneeIgt
InventorsMarc Miereau, Karen M. Cregan, Anthony J. Baerlocher
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Abstract
A gaming device and method which includes a plurality of reels having multiple symbols on the reels. The symbols include at least one activator symbol. In one embodiment, if the player obtains an activator symbol on the reels, the activator symbol activates the symbols that are adjacent to the activator symbol. Activating the adjacent symbols reveals the awards associated with the adjacent symbols. The player receives an award that equals the activator symbol award plus the awards associated with each symbol that is adjacent to the activator symbol.
Claims43
A gaming device comprising:
- a plurality of reels;
- a processor in communication with said reels;
- a plurality of symbols on said reels including at least one activator symbol;
- an award associated with each said symbol;
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- an accumulated award adapted to be provided to a player by the processor when the activator symbol is randomly generated on the reels, said accumulated award including the award associated with the activator symbol, the award associated with at least one of the other randomly generated symbols on the reel of the activator symbol and the award associated with at least one of the randomly generated symbols on one of the reels adjacent to the reel of the activator symbol, wherein at least one award associated with at least one of the symbols in a row which includes said activator symbol is not part of said accumulated award.
3 more elements
A gaming device comprising:
- a processor;
- a display device controlled by the processor;
- a plurality of reels displayed by the display device;
- a plurality of symbols on said reels including at least one activator symbol;
- a plurality of awards associated with said plurality of the symbols;
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- an accumulated award adapted to be provided to a player by the processor when the activator symbol is randomly generated on the reels, said accumulated award including the award, if any, associated with the activator symbol, the award, if any, associated with at least one of the other randomly generated symbols on the reel of the activator symbol, and the award, if any, associated with at least one of the randomly generated symbols on one of the reels adjacent to the reel of the activator symbol, wherein at least one award associated with at least one of the symbols in a row which includes said activator symbol is not part of said accumulated award.
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A gaming device comprising:
- a plurality of reels;
- a processor in communication with said reels;
- a plurality of symbols on said reels including at least one activator symbol;
- a plurality of awards associated with said plurality of said symbols;
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- an accumulated award adapted to be provided to a player by the processor when the activator symbol is randomly generated on the reels, said accumulated award including a plurality of awards selected from the group consisting of the award associated with the activator symbol, the awards associated with the other randomly generated symbols on the reel of the activator symbol and the awards associated with the randomly generated symbols on the reels adjacent to the reel of the activator symbol, wherein at least one award associated with at least one of the symbols in a row which includes said activator symbol is not part of said accumulated award.
3 more elements
A gaming device comprising:
- a plurality of reels;
- a processor in communication with the reels;
- a plurality of symbols on said reels including at least one activator symbol;
- a plurality of awards associated with said plurality of said symbols including an award associated with the activator symbol;
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- an accumulated award adapted to be provided to a player by the processor when the activator symbol is randomly generated on the reels, said accumulated award determined based on:
- (a) the location of the randomly generated activator symbol on the reels;
- and (b) the awards associated with the activator symbol, the other randomly generated symbols on the reel of the activator symbol and the randomly generated symbols on the reels adjacent to the reel of the activator symbol, wherein at least one award associated with at least one of the symbols in a row which includes said activator symbol is not part of said accumulated award.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols including at least one an activator symbol;
- (b) randomly generating a plurality of said plurality of symbols upon a triggering event;
- (c) displaying said randomly generated symbols;
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- (d) providing an accumulated award to a player if the activator symbol is randomly generated on the reels, said accumulated award including an award associated with the activator symbol, an award associated with at least one of the other randomly generated symbol on the reel of the activator symbol and an award associated with at least one of the other randomly generated symbols on one of the reels adjacent to the reel of the activator symbol, wherein at least one award associated with at least one of the symbols in a row which includes said activator symbol is not part of said accumulated award.
2 more elements
A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols including at least one an activator symbol;
- (b) randomly generating a plurality of said plurality of symbols upon a triggering event;
- (c) displaying said randomly generated symbols;
- (d) providing an accumulated award to a player if the activator symbol is randomly generated on the reels, said accumulated award including an award associated with the activator symbol, an award associated with at least one of the other randomly generated symbol on the reel of the activator symbol and an award associated with at least one of the other randomly generated symbols on one of the reels adjacent to the reel of the activator symbol, wherein at least one award associated with at least one of the symbols in a row which includes said activator symbol is not part of said accumulated award;
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- (e) repeating steps (b) to (d) at least once.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols including at least one an activator symbol;
- (b) randomly generating a plurality of said plurality of symbols upon a triggering event;
- (c) displaying said randomly generated symbols;
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- (d) providing an accumulated award to a player if the activator symbol is randomly generated on the reels, said accumulated award including an award, if any, associated with the activator symbol, an award, if any, associated with at least one of the other randomly generated symbols on the reel of the activator symbol, and an award, if any, associated with at least one of the randomly generated symbols on one of the reels adjacent to the reel of the activator symbol, wherein at least one award associated with at least one of the symbols in a row which includes said activator symbol is not part of said accumulated award.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols including at least one an activator symbol;
- (b) randomly generating a plurality of said plurality of symbols upon a triggering event;
- (c) displaying said randomly generated symbols;
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- (d) providing an accumulated award to a player if the activator symbol is randomly generated on the reels, said accumulated award including a plurality of awards selected from the group consisting of an award associated with the activator symbol, awards associated with the other randomly generated symbols on the reel of the activator symbol and awards associated with the randomly generated symbols on the reels adjacent to the reel of the activator symbol, wherein at least one award associated with at least one of the symbols in a row which includes said activator symbol is not part of said accumulated award.
2 more elements
A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols including at least one an activator symbol;
- (b) randomly generating a plurality of said plurality of symbols upon a triggering event;
- (c) displaying said randomly generated symbols;
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- (d) providing an accumulated award to a player if the activator symbol is randomly generated on the reels, said accumulated award determined based on:
- (a) the location of the randomly generated activation symbol on the reels;
- and (b) awards associated with the activator symbol, the other randomly generated symbols on the reel of the activator symbol and the randomly generated symbols on the reels adjacent to the reel of the activator symbol, wherein at least one award associated with at least one of the symbols in a row which includes said activator symbol is not part of said accumulated award.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols including at least one activator symbol;
- (b) randomly generating a plurality of said plurality of symbols upon a triggering event;
- (c) displaying said randomly generated symbols;
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- (d) providing an award to a player if the at least one activator symbol is randomly generated on the reels and the at least one activator symbol is activated, said award including an award associated with a row of the activator symbol, wherein at least one award associated with at least one of the symbols in the row which includes said activator symbol is not part of said accumulated award.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.