System and method for displaying an exploding icon

US8574058B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bally Gaming, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David B. Schultz · Henderson, US
• Terence G. Daly · Las Vegas, US
• Kimberly Cohn · Las Vegas, US
• William Rommerdahl · Tecate Mission Road, US
• John F. LaSalvia · Las Vegas, US
• John Garofalo · Staten Island, US
• Nathanial A. Hammond · Las Vegas, US
• Jack A. Martin · Salt Lake City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3227
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems, gaming machines, games, and methods for displaying an exploding icon are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a gaming device comprises a display screen that presents a game. The game presented on the display screen comprises one or more game icons for display in various locations on the display screen, wherein the game presents an animated icon upon the occurrence of a triggering event such that the animated icon produces one or more wild icons that move about the display screen before being positioned in fixed locations on the display screen. Additionally, the gaming device includes a means for activating the game and triggering the presentation of the animated icon, and a means for determining whether one or more combinations of the game icons and the wild icons form any winning combinations.