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US 9,492,736 B2Granted
Electronic gaming device with domino symbols
AssigneeCadillac Jack
InventorDonald James Rollo, III
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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 utilize domino symbols and/or domino gaming structures. The electronic gaming device may include a plurality of reels, a memory, and a processor. The plurality of reels may include one or more areas. The processor may generate one or more symbols to be located in the one or more areas. The one or more symbols may include one or more domino symbols. The processor may determine a payout based on a domino game structure.
Claims21
An electronic gaming device comprising:
- a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value;
- a user input device configured to enable a player to select a wager amount and initiate a game play where the wager amount is subtracted from a credit balance, the credit balance being funded at least in part via the credit device;
- a plurality of display areas;
- a memory;
- a processor configured to generate and cause to be displayed in the plurality of display areas one or more symbols, the one or more symbols include one or more domino symbols, the processor configured to determine a domino payout based on a domino game structure and one or more replacement domino symbols;
- and
- wherein one of the one or more domino symbols located in the plurality of display areas is a first domino blocker symbol, the first domino blocker symbol inhibiting a winning combination;
- wherein the processor is configured to replace the first domino blocker symbol with a first domino replacement symbol based on a received replacement command by the player, the first domino replacement symbol being selected from a replacement domino symbol area located external to the plurality of display areas, wherein the first domino replacement symbol is configured to rotate to form one or more winning combinations;
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- the processor is configured to generate the domino payout based on a determination that a combination of symbols located in the plurality of display areas including at least said first domino replacement symbol form one or more winning combinations, wherein the determination that the combination of symbols form one or more winning combinations comprises reading the one or more domino symbols and the first domino replacement symbol in a plurality of directions according to a domino payline structure, wherein the domino payline structure evaluates the read symbols according to the domino game structure in the plurality of directions, where the plurality of directions comprise at least a left-to-right direction and a right-to-left direction which comprise horizontally adjacent symbols, and an up-to-down direction, and a down-to-up which comprise vertically adjacent symbols;
- wherein the one or more winning combinations includes a first combination which comprises successive adjacent domino symbols in the plurality of display areas containing an equal number of pips on adjacent domino tiles;
- and
- wherein the credit balance is increased by any determined award amounts.
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A method of providing gaming options via an electronic gaming device, where the electronic gaming device includes one or more processors, the method comprising:
- receiving via a credit device an item associated with a monetary value;
- establishing via the one or more processors a credit balance based at least in part on the received item;
- receiving via a wager button a wager amount on a play of a game, wherein the wager amount is deducted from the credit balance;
- displaying via the one or more processors, in one or more symbol areas on a plurality of reels, one or more domino symbols, including a first domino blocker symbol, wherein the first blocker symbol inhibits a winning combination;
- replacing the first domino blocker symbol with a first domino replacement symbol based on a command received from a player, the first domino replacement symbol being selected from a replacement domino symbol area located external to the plurality of reels, wherein the first domino replacement symbol is configured to rotate to form one or more winning combinations;
- determining via the one or more processors a domino payout based on the one or more domino symbols, including said first domino replacement symbol forming one of the winning combinations according to a domino payline structure, wherein the domino payline structure evaluates the one or more domino symbols including said first domino replacement symbol according to a domino game structure, wherein the payline structure evaluates the one or more domino symbols and the first domino replacement symbol in a plurality of directions, where the plurality of directions comprise at least a left-to-right direction and a right-to-left direction which comprise horizontally adjacent symbols, and an up-to-down direction, and a down-to-up which comprise vertically adjacent symbols;
- wherein the one or more winning combinations includes a first combination which comprises successive adjacent domino symbols in the plurality of display areas containing an equal number of pips on adjacent domino tiles;
- and
- wherein the credit balance is increased by any determined award amounts.
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An electronic gaming system comprising:
- a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value;
- a user input device configured to enable a player to select a wager amount and initiate a game play, wherein the wager amount is subtracted from a credit balance funded at least in part via the credit device;
- a display comprising a display area;
- a server including a server memory and a server processor, the server processor configured to display, one or more symbols, within said display area, the one or more symbols including one or more domino symbols, said symbols further comprising a domino blocker symbol operative to inhibit a winning combination;
- a plurality of domino replacement symbols;
- wherein the sever processor is configured to replace said domino blocker symbol with a first domino replacement symbol based on a received replacement command from the player;
- wherein the first domino replacement symbol is configured to rotate to form one or more winning combinations;
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- the server processor configured to determine a domino payout based on a domino game structure and the first domino replacement symbol, the server processor configured to generate the domino payout based on a determination that a combination of symbols located in the display area, including said first domino replacement symbol form one or more winning combinations according to a domino payline structure, wherein the domino payline structure evaluates the read symbols according to the domino game structure based on reading the one or more domino symbols and the first domino replacement symbol in a plurality of directions, where the plurality of directions comprise at least a left-to-right direction and a right-to-left direction which comprise horizontally adjacent symbols, and an up-to-down direction, and a down-to-up which comprise vertically adjacent symbols;
- wherein the one or more winning combinations includes a first combination which comprises successive adjacent domino symbols in the plurality of display areas containing an equal number of pips on adjacent domino tiles;
- and
- wherein the credit balance is increased by any determined award amounts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.