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US 9,286,766 B2Granted
Gaming machine
AssigneePridefield Limited
InventorTerence Igesund
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are wager game machines and methods. In one example, a method involves: selecting a first symbol set from a global symbol group; displaying the first symbol set, wherein the first symbol set includes at least two symbols; determining that a trigger event has occurred; responsive to determining that the trigger event has occurred, identifying at least one symbol in the first symbol set that is in a replaceable symbol group which is a subset of the global symbol group; for the or each symbol in the first symbol set which is in the replaceable symbol group, selecting a replacement symbol that is in the global symbol group; and displaying a second symbol set consisting of (i) the symbols in the first symbol set which are not in the replaceable symbol group, and (ii) the or each replacement symbol.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- selecting a first symbol set from a global symbol group;
- receiving a first wager via a user interface before selecting the first symbol set;
- displaying the first symbol set, wherein the first symbol set includes at least two symbols;
- determining, using a stored payout table, a first payout amount, wherein the first payout amount is a function of the first symbol set and the received first wager;
- displaying the determined first payout amount;
- determining that a trigger event has occurred;
- responsive to determining that the trigger event has occurred, identifying at least two symbols in the first symbol set that are in a replaceable symbol group which is a subset of the global symbol group;
- for the identified at least two symbols in the first symbol set which are in the replaceable symbol group, making one selection of a replacement symbol that is in the global symbol group;
- displaying a second symbol set consisting of (i) the symbols in the first symbol set which are not in the replaceable symbol group, and (ii) for each of the identified at least two replacement symbols, the selected replacement symbol;
- receiving a second wager via the user interface after selecting the first symbol set and before displaying the second symbol set;
- determining, using the payout table, a second payout amount, wherein the second payout amount is a function of the second symbol set and the second wager;
- and
- displaying the determined second payout amount.
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A machine comprising:
- a display configured to display a symbol set in a wager game;
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a payout table and software instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform a set of functions, the set of functions comprising:
- selecting a first symbol set from a global symbol group, wherein the first symbol set includes at least two symbols;
- receiving a first wager via a user interface before selecting the first symbol set;
- displaying on the display the selected first symbol set;
- determining, using the stored payout table, a first payout amount, wherein the first payout amount is a function of the selected first symbol set and the received first wager;
- displaying on the display the determined first payout amount;
- determining that a trigger event occurred;
- responsive to determining that the trigger event occurred, selecting at least two replaceable symbols from a replaceable symbol group, wherein the replaceable symbol group is a subset of the global symbol group;
- making one selection of a replacement symbol from the global symbol group;
- displaying on the display, a second symbol set, wherein the displayed second symbol set is identical to the displayed first symbol set, except that each of the selected at least two replaceable symbols included in the selected first symbol set is replaced by the selected replacement symbol;
- receiving a second wager via the user interface after selecting the first symbol set and before displaying the second symbol set;
- determining, using the stored payout table, a second payout amount, wherein the second payout amount is a function of the displayed second symbol set and the received second wager;
- and
- displaying on the display the determined second payout amount.
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A server machine configured to communicate with a client machine over a computer network, the client machine including a display configured to display a symbol set in a wager game, the server machine comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a payout table and software instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform a set of functions, the set of functions comprising:
- selecting a first symbol set from a global symbol group, wherein the first symbol set includes at least two symbols;
- receiving a first wager from the client machine before selecting the first symbol set;
- sending the selected first symbol set to the client machine to display on the display;
- determining, using the stored payout table, a first payout amount, wherein the first payout amount is a function of the selected first symbol set and the received first wager;
- sending the determined first payout amount to the client machine to display on the display;
- determining that a trigger event occurred;
- responsive to determining that the trigger event occurred, selecting at least two replaceable symbols from a replaceable symbol group, wherein the replaceable symbol group is a subset of the global symbol group;
- sending the selected at least two replaceable symbols to the client machine;
- making one selection of a replacement symbol from the global symbol group;
- sending the selected replacement symbol to the client machine for displaying on the display a second symbol set, wherein the displayed second symbol set is identical to the displayed first symbol set, except that each of the selected at least two replaceable symbols included in the displayed first symbol set is replaced by the selected replacement symbol;
- receiving a second wager from the client machine after selecting the first symbol set and before selecting the replaceable symbol;
- determining, using the stored payout table, a second payout amount, wherein the second payout amount is a function of the second symbol set and the received second wager;
- and
- sending the determined second payout amount to the client machine for display on the display.
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A client machine configured to communicate with a server machine over a computer network, the client machine comprising:
- a display configured to display a symbol set of a wager game;
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable medium storing software instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform a set of functions, the set of functions comprising:
- receiving from the server machine a first symbol set, wherein the first symbol set includes at least two symbols from a global symbol group;
- displaying on the display the received first symbol set;
- receiving a first wager via a user interface before receiving the first symbol set;
- sending the received first wager to the server machine;
- receiving from the server machine a first payout amount, responsive to sending the received first wager to the server machine, wherein the first payout amount is a function of the received first symbol set and the received first wager;
- displaying on the display the received first payout amount;
- receiving from the server machine at least two replaceable symbols, wherein the at least two replaceable symbols are from a replaceable symbol group, and wherein the replaceable symbol group is a subset of the global symbol group;
- receiving from the server machine a replacement symbol, wherein one selection of the replacement symbol was made;
- displaying on the display, a second symbol set, wherein the displayed second symbol set is identical to the displayed first symbol set, except that each of the received at least two replaceable symbols included in the displayed first symbol set is replaced by the received replacement symbol;
- receiving a second wager via the user interface after receiving the first payout amount and before receiving the replaceable symbol;
- sending the received second wager to the server machine;
- receiving from the server machine a second payout amount, responsive to sending the received second wager to the server machine, wherein the second payout amount is a function of the second symbol set and the received second wager;
- and
- displaying on the display the received second payout amount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.