Gaming device having destructive chain reaction events

US8043153B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IGT · US

Inventors

• Mark S. Ross · Las Vegas, US
• Gene Bond · Las Vegas, US
• Jay DeGarmo · Las Vegas, US
• Aimin Cong · Las Vegas, US
• Rolland Steil · Las Vegas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3262
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In accordance with a game method, game information regarding one or more player selectable elements and awards associated with those elements is generated and stored. The player selectable elements are displayed and a player is permitted to select one or more of those elements. Each selected element is destroyed, unmasking or triggering an associated award. The award may be a monetary or credit value, symbol or secondary event. A secondary event may comprise an explosion or chain reaction destruction of other un-selected elements, which elements are unmasked to reveal associated awards or trigger additional secondary events. The game may be presented on a gaming machine, and may comprise a primary game or bonus round of another game.