US 7,785,188 B2Granted

Gaming device including a plurality of selectable positions and an outcome modifier

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InventorLee E. Cannon

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Abstract

A gaming device including a plurality of positions displayed to the player. The gaming device includes a modifier and a symbol display which displays at least one symbol at one or more of the positions. Each symbol includes at least one game element. In a play of the game, the gaming device determines at least one of the game elements to be a designated element and enables the player to pick one of the positions. The gaming device displays at least one of the symbols at one or more of the positions and determines an outcome based on any winning combination of the symbols displayed at the positions. The processor modifies any determined outcome by the modifier when the designated element is displayed at the selected position. The modified outcome is provided to the player in that play of the game.

Claims33

Dependent claims

A gaming device comprising:

at least one display device;
at least one input device;
at least one processor;
and
at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device, for each play of a game, to:
(a) enable a player to place a wager on a play of the game,
(b) thereafter, enable the player to select at least one of a plurality of positions,
(c) cause the at least one display device to display one of a plurality of symbols at each of the positions to form a combination of said symbols, each of said symbols including at least one game element,
(d) randomly determine at least one of the game elements to be a designated element, wherein the determination is independent of the player selections,
(e) cause the at least one display device to display the designated element,
(f) after the formed combination of said symbols is displayed, evaluate the formed combination of said symbols displayed at the positions to determine if the formed combination of said symbols is one of a plurality of winning combinations of said symbols,
(g) determine any award associated with any formed winning combination of the symbols displayed at the positions,
(h) determine if the designated element is displayed at the selected position,
(i) if the designated element is displayed at the selected position:
(i) determine a value of a modifier, wherein the value of the modifier is determined separate from the determination that the designated element is displayed at the selected position,
(ii) modify any determined awards by the determined modifier, and
(iii) provide any modified awards to the player, and
(j) if the designated element is not displayed at the selected position, provide any determined awards to the player.

15 more elements

A gaming device, said gaming device comprising:

at least one display device;
at least one input device;
at least one processor;
and
at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device, for each play of a game, to:
(a) enable a player to place a wager on a play of the game,
(b) thereafter, enable the player to select a plurality of positions, wherein which positions are selected are independent of the placed wager,
(c) cause the at least one display device to display one of a plurality of symbols at each of the positions to form a combination of said symbols, each of said symbols including at least one game element,
(d) randomly determine at least one of the game elements to be a designated element, wherein the determination is independent of the player selections,
(e) cause the at least one display device to display the designated element,
(f) after the formed combination of said symbols is displayed, evaluate the formed combination of said symbols displayed at the positions to determine if the formed combination of said symbols is one of a plurality of winning combinations of said symbols,
(g) determine any award associated with any formed winning combination of the symbols displayed at the positions,
(h) determine if any of the selected positions display the designated element,
(i) if any of the selected positions display the designated element:
(i) determine a modifier based on the number of the selected positions which display the designated element,
(ii) modify any determined awards by the determined modifier, and
(iii) provide any modified awards to the player, and
(j) if none of the selected positions display the designated element, provide any determined awards to the player.

15 more elements

A method for operating a gaming device, for each play of a game, said method comprising:

(a) enabling a player to place a wager on a play of the game;
(b) causing a display device to display a plurality of positions in the game;
(c) causing the display device to display a modifier to the player;
(d) randomly determining at least one game element selected from a plurality of game elements to be a designated element;
(e) causing the display device to display the designated element to the player;
(f) after the player places the wager, enabling the player to select at least one of the positions, wherein the at least one selection is independent of the determination of the designated game element;
(g) causing the display device to display one symbol at each of the positions to form a combination of said symbols, each of said symbols including at least one of the game elements;
(h) after the formed combination of said symbols is displayed, evaluating the formed combination of said symbols displayed at the positions to determine if the formed combination of said symbols is one of any winning combinations of said symbols;
(i) determining an award associated with any formed winning combination of the symbols displayed at the positions;
(j) determining if the selected position displays the designated element;
(k) if the selected position displays the designated element:
(i) determining a value of a modifier, wherein the value of the modifier is determined separate from the determination that the designated element is displayed at the selected position,
(ii) modifying any determined awards by the determined modifier, and
(iii) providing any modified awards to the player, and
(l) if the selected position does not display the designated element, providing any determined awards to the player.

12 more elements

A method for operating a gaming device, for each play of a game, said method comprising:

(a) enabling a player to place a wager on a play of the game;
(b) causing a display device to display a plurality of positions to the player in the game;
(c) causing the display device to display a modifier to the player;
(d) randomly determining at least one game element selected from a plurality of game elements to be a designated element;
(e) after the player places the wager, enabling the player to select a plurality of the positions, wherein the selections are independent of the determination of the designated game element and which positions are selected are independent of the placed wager;
(f) causing the display device to display one of the symbols at each of the positions to form a combination of said symbols;
(g) after the formed combination of said symbols is displayed, evaluating the formed combination of said symbols displayed at the positions to determine if the formed combination of said symbols is one of any winning combinations of said symbols;
(h) determining any award associated with any formed winning combination of the symbols displayed at the positions;
(i) determining if any of the selected positions display the designated element;
(j) if any of the selected positions display the designated element:
(i) determining the modifier based on the number of the selected positions which display the designated element;
(ii) modifying any determined awards by the determined modifier;
and
(iii) providing any modified awards to the player;
and
(k) if none of the selected positions display the designated element, providing any determined awards to the player.

13 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/115,852Filed 27 Apr 2005
Published: US 2006/0246977 A12 Nov 2006
Granted: 31 Aug 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 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 17/34
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines
G07F
Coin-freed or like apparatus