Video slot gaming machine
US6805632B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 22, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3267
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A video slot machine is provided. The video slot machine includes a display device for displaying a plurality of game elements in a grid having a plurality of cells defined by rows and columns, a memory device for storing a pay-table, and a game controller coupled to the display device and the memory device. The game controller is adapted to randomly select the game elements to be displayed in the display device and to determine an outcome based on the displayed game elements, a pay-table, and predetermined paylines. The selected game elements are selected from a set of possible game elements. The set of possible game elements includes a bonus element. The game controller is adapted to identify the presence of the bonus element in one of the cells of a column and to modify all of the symbols within the column to wild if a wild character in any one cells of the column would modify the outcome. A bonus game is also provided which depicts a contest between the player and the game machine.
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