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US 8,075,389 B1Granted
Gaming device having one or more shared award-modifier reels
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorsDavid B. Schultz, Nathanial A. Hammond, Dominic Tiberio, Michael Shackelford
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Abstract
Various embodiments are directed to a reel spinning game having one or more shared award-modifier reels that enhance any winning outcome in a reel spinning game.
Claims21
A gaming machine, comprising:
- indicia of a plurality of spinning reels in a first set of reels, wherein a determination is made as to whether an outcome of the indicia of spinning reels in the first set of reels is a winning outcome;
- indicia of a plurality of spinning reels in a second set of reels, wherein a determination is made as to whether an outcome of the indicia of spinning reels in the second set of reels is a winning outcome;
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- award-multiplier indicia of a first shared spinning base game award-multiplier reel positioned between the first and second set of reels, wherein the first set of reels, second set of reels, and the base game award-multiplier reel form a contiguous set of reels having a common axis of rotation, and wherein the base game award-multiplier indicia modifies the winning outcome on the first set of reels, the winning outcome on the second set of reels, or the winning outcome on both the first and second set of reels;
- and an input device that allows a player to adjust the location of the shared base game award-multiplier reel by selecting a location corresponding to one reel of the first or second set of reels.
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A gaming machine, comprising:
- a game display for presenting a game including a plurality of spinning reels in a first set of reels, a shared base game award-multiplier reel adjacent to the first set of reels, and a plurality of spinning reels in a second set of reels adjacent to the shared base game award-multiplier reel, wherein the first set of reels, second set of reels, and the shared base game award-multiplier reel form a contiguous set of reels having a common axis of rotation, and wherein the shared base game award-multiplier reel enhances any winning outcomes in the first and/or second set of reels;
- an input device that allows a player to adjust the location of the shared base game award-multiplier reel by selecting a location corresponding to one reel of the first or second set of reels;
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- a game controller in communication with the game display, wherein the game controller manages the game.
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A gaming machine, comprising:
- a game display for presenting a game including a plurality of spinning reels in a first set of reels, a shared base game award-multiplier reel initially adjacent to the first set of reels, and a plurality of spinning reels in a second set of reels adjacent to the shared base game award-multiplier reel, wherein the shared base game award-multiplier reel enhances any winning outcomes in the first and/or second set of reels;
- an input device that allows a player to adjust the location of the shared base game award-multiplier reel by selecting a location corresponding to one reel of the first or second set of reels;
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- a game controller in communication with the game display and the player input device, wherein the game controller manages the game and alters a pay table in response to the location of the shared base game award-multiplier reel with respect to the first and second set of reels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.