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US 8,133,111 B2Granted
Wagering game with symbol array defined by multi-symbol objects
AssigneeWMS Gaming Inc.
InventorAlfred Thomas
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Abstract
A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes a display for displaying a plurality of multi-symbol objects having a plurality of sides so that the objects appear as three-dimensional objects. Similar to the reels in a traditional gaming machine, the multi-symbol objects randomly move into locations on the display forming an array wherein one side of each multi-symbol object is displayed, the displayed side having a symbol. The location of the multi-symbol objects in the array and the side of each multi-symbol object that is displayed is based on a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game.
Claims21
A gaming system configured to conduct a wagering game including a randomly generated outcome, the system comprising:
- at least one input device:
- one or more display devices for displaying a plurality of three-dimensional multi-symbol objects, each of the plurality of multi-symbol objects having at least three symbol-bearing sides;
- one or more processors;
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- at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to operate with the at least one input device and the one or more display devices to:
- receive a wager initiating a play of the wagering game;
- display an array of multi-symbol objects of the plurality, the array produced by displaying the multi-symbol objects separately tumbling downwards to settle in columns, the objects each rotating about multiple axes and displaying at least two of the symbol-bearing sides prior to settling, the objects settling such that at least one side of each object is displayed in the array, the symbols on the displayed symbol-bearing sides indicating an initial randomly selected outcome of the wagering game;
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- after displaying the symbols of the initial outcome, nudge at least one of the multi-symbol objects to display a different side of the nudged multi-symbol object, wherein the symbols on the displayed symbol-bearing sides, including the different side, indicate a modified outcome of the wagering game;
- in response to the modified outcome being a winning outcome, award the player an award based on the modified outcome.
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A method of conducting a wagering game including a randomly generated outcome, the method comprising:
- receiving, via at least one input device, a wager for playing the wagering game, the wagering game including a plurality of three-dimensional multi-symbol objects, each of the plurality of multi-symbol objects having at least three symbol-bearing sides;
- randomly determining, via one or more processors, the location of each of the multi-symbol objects to be displayed in an initial array;
- randomly determining, via one or more processors, the side of each multi-symbol object to be displayed to a player in the initial array;
- displaying, via one or more display devices, the initial array of the multi-symbol objects to the player, the initial array produced by displaying the multi-symbol objects separately tumbling downwards to settle in columns, the objects each rotating about multiple axes and displaying at least two of the symbol-bearing sides prior to settling, the objects settling such that at least one side of each multi-symbol object is displayed in the array, the symbols on the displayed symbol-bearing sides indicating an initial randomly selected outcome of the wagering game;
- after displaying the initial array, nudging at least one of the multi-symbol objects such that the at least one multi-symbol object is rotated to display a different side of the multi-symbol object such that a modified array of multi-symbol objects is displayed to the player;
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- in response to the modified array comprises a winning outcome, awarding the player an award based on the modified array.
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A computer readable, non-transitory storage medium encoded with instructions for directing a gaming system to perform a method comprising:
- receiving, via at least one input device, a wager initiating a play of a wagering game including a randomly generated initial outcome;
- displaying, via one or more display devices, an array of multi-symbol objects of a plurality of three-dimensional multi-symbol objects, each of the plurality having at least three symbol-bearing sides, the array being produced, via one or more processors operating with the one or more display devices, by displaying the multi-symbol objects separately tumbling downwards to settle in columns, the objects each rotating about multiple axes and displaying at least two of the symbol-bearing sides prior to settling, the objects settling such that at least one side of each multi-symbol object is displayed in the array, the symbols on the displayed symbol-bearing sides indicating the initial outcome of the wagering game;
- after displaying the initial outcome, nudging, via the one or more processors operating with the one or more display devices, at least one of the multi-symbol objects to display a different side of the nudged multi-symbol object, wherein the symbols on the displayed symbol-bearing sides, including the different side, indicate a modified outcome of the wagering game;
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- in response to the modified outcome being a winning outcome, awarding the player an award based on the modified outcome.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.