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US 8,944,907 B2Granted
Electronic gaming device with rearrangeable reels
AssigneeCadillac Jack
InventorAlejandro Carranza
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which allow a player, the gaming device, and/or the gaming system to rearrange the symbols on the reels to represent winning payline patterns.
Claims20
An electronic gaming device comprising:
- a plurality of display areas, the plurality of display areas including a first reel at a first location on a video display and a second reel at a second location on the video display;
- and
- a processor configured to move the first reel to the second location on the video display and to move the second reel to the first location on the video display where the processor is configured to allow a first movement which occurs before a movement of the plurality of display areas during a game initiation where the first movement is that the first reel moves to the second location and that the second reel moves to the first location, the processor is further configured to allow a second movement which occurs after the movement of the plurality of display areas where the second movement is that the first reel moves to the second location and that the second reel moves to the first location.
A method of providing gaming options via an electronic gaming device comprising:
- displaying a plurality of display areas on a video display, the plurality of display areas including a first reel at a first location on the video display and a second reel at a second location on the video display;
- and
- moving the first reel to the second location on the video display and moving the second reel to the first location on the video display;
- wherein a first movement occurs before a movement of the plurality of display areas during a game initiation where the first movement is that the first reel moves to the second location and that the second reel moves to the first location;
- wherein a second movement occurs after the movement of the plurality of display areas where the second movement is that the first reel moves to the second location and that the second reel moves to the first location.
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An electronic gaming system comprising:
- a server including a server memory and a server processor, the server processor configured to display a plurality of display areas on a video display, the plurality of display areas including a first reel at a first location on the video display and a second reel at a second location on the video display;
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- the server processor further configured to move the first reel to the second location on the video display and to move the second reel to the first location on the video display where the server processor is configured to allow a first movement which occurs before a movement of the plurality of display areas during a game initiation where the first movement is that the first reel moves to the second location and that the second reel moves to the first location, the server processor is further configured to allow a second movement which occurs after the movement of the plurality of display areas where the second movement is that the first reel moves to the second location and that the second reel moves to the first location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.