Patent · US Expired

Method of playing a slot machine game (“Directional Wilds”)

US7758414B1 · kind B1 · utility

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23References

3Claims

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Assignee

PTT, LLC · US

Inventors

Daniel Marks · Decatur, US
Anthony M. Singer · Nanuet, US
Howard M. Marks · Scarsdale, US
Joseph Masci · Suwanee, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2003
Grant date	Jul 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 6, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07F17/34
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic video slot machine enables wild symbols to expand into adjacent symbols positions—vertically, horizontally, and/or diagonally—in the symbol matrix (“Directional Wilds”). In one embodiment, the Directional Wild concept uses wild symbols that expand in a pre-determined vertical direction—upwards or downwards. The upwards wild symbol (“Up Wild”) converts all of the symbol positions above the Up Wild into wild symbols. The downwards wild symbol (“Down Wild”) converts all of the symbol positions below the Down Wild into wild symbols. The original position of the Up or Down Wild symbol is also optionally wild. Various alternative embodiments may optionally be used.

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