System and method for providing repeated elimination bonus in gaming activities
US6997804B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3211
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for facilitating participation in a slot game. A display grid having a plurality of active display segments is presented. Symbols are randomly presented in each active display segment that has not expired. The active display segments that have expired in response to at least one randomly-selected expiration parameter are deactivated. The presentation of symbols in each of the active display segments, and the deactivation of active display segments that have expired, is repeated until a predetermined number of the active display segments have been deactivated through expiration.
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