Gaming system and method
OwnerMichael Vincent Carbonaro, Mark Steven Carbonaroinventors
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for gaming. The method comprising displaying a plurality of puzzle pieces on a display screen of a gaming machine, the plurality of puzzle pieces being associated with a jigsaw puzzle, receiving a player's selection of one of the plurality of puzzle pieces via the display screen, determining a prize associated with the selected puzzle piece; and displaying an animation of the selected puzzle piece and the determined prize on the display screen. This disclosure also includes an update gaming machine and a game controller to implement the method.
Claims8
A computer-implemented method for gaming on a slot machine, the method comprising:
- (a) when a bonus game is triggered, the slot machine displaying a plurality of jigsaw puzzle pieces on a display screen of the slot machine, the plurality of jigsaw puzzle pieces being associated with a jigsaw puzzle;
- (b) the slot machine receiving a player's selection of one of the plurality of jigsaw puzzle pieces via the display screen;
- (c) in response to the player's selection, the slot machine determining a prize associated with the selected jigsaw puzzle piece;
- and
- (d) after the prize is determined and without receiving a further player's selection, the slot machine:
- animating the selected jigsaw puzzle piece,
- displaying the determined prize associated with the selected jigsaw puzzle piece on the display screen;
- and then
- removing the selected jigsaw puzzle piece from the display screen such that when another bonus game is triggered, jigsaw puzzle pieces that have not been selected by the player are displayed for the player's selection.
A slot machine comprising a display screen and a processor to
- (a) when a bonus game is triggered, display a plurality of jigsaw puzzle pieces on a display screen of the slot machine, the plurality of jigsaw puzzle pieces being associated with a jigsaw puzzle;
- (b) receive a player's selection of one of the plurality of jigsaw puzzle pieces via the display screen;
- (c) in response to the player's selection, determine a prize associated with the selected jigsaw puzzle piece;
- and
- (d) after the prize is determined and without receiving a further player's selection:
- animate the selected jigsaw puzzle piece,
- display the determined prize associated with the selected jigsaw puzzle piece on the display screen;
- and then
- remove the selected jigsaw puzzle piece from the display screen such that when another bonus game is triggered, jigsaw puzzle pieces that have not been selected by the player are displayed for the player's selection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.