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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187079 | Gaming system with patterned enhancement features A gaming system and method for conducting a wagering game wherein a play enhancement image is displayed on a randomly selected outcome. The randomly selected outcome is enhanced by the changing of symbols in the outcome to predefined enhance symbols in a pattern in ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187077 | Wagering game having multiple award components A multiple bonus modifier game includes a base game and two or more base award modifiers operating independently or simultaneously of each other. The multiple bonus modifier game comprises a base game that includes a plurality of spinning reels, a first base award m... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187076 | Slot machine performing payout of a predetermined amount of credits when the number of games reaches a predetermined number The gaming machine 10 executes a game which pays out the amount of credits corresponding to a rearrangement state of a plurality of the symbols, switches a mode from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode based on a predetermined condition, counts the numb... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187083 | Gaming machine executing free game and control method thereof According to a gaming machine 1 of the present invention, a specific number of free games are generated when three or more trigger symbols 100 have been stop-displayed in a normal game. Further, when one or two trigger symbols 100 have been stop... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187081 | Gaming system and a method of gaming A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols for display at a corresponding plurality of display positions, an outcome evaluator arranged to determine whether the selected symbols correspond to a winning sy... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187084 | Electronic amusement device and method for operating a game offering continuous reels A gaming device and method for controlling operating the gaming device is disclosed. The gaming device initiates a paid play, and determines an outcome of the play. The outcome is visually displayed using at least two graphical displays. The graphical displays compr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187078 | Game server, game machine, and game control method In a collective control of plural game machines placed in the same parlor, it is detected whether there is a player change with each game machine and, based on the detection result, the cumulative credit consumption with each game machine is controlled per player. W... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187080 | Gaming system and a method of gaming A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols for display in a display area at a plurality of display positions, an outcome evaluator arranged to evaluate a game outcome based on the selected ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187082 | Bonus game A game for a gaming machine having a plurality of different items to be selected by a player, each item having a value in an amount preset for a given bonus round, and a respective initial quantity in a preset amount. The player selects an item, such as one of many ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182331 | Gaming machine A gaming machine executes a second game based on game results of a first game. The second game is a game that awards a prize corresponding to an option a player selects from a plurality of options. In the second game, based on speech input by the player, the gaming ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182330 | Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller A method of gaming comprising: selecting in each game round a plurality of symbols for display to a player in a set of display positions; superimposing a distorting element over one or more of the display positions so that one or more of the symbols can be modified,... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182329 | Gaming system, jackpot controller, and a jackpot triggering method A jackpot triggering method comprising: determining a jackpot trigger value from a current value of at least one jackpot trigger parameter; generating a submission value in response to receipt of a contribution associated with a gaming device participating in the ja... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177627 | Gaming device and method having purchasable enhanced paytables An apparatus and method for a game having a paytable selection feature which may be implemented with a primary or base game, a secondary or bonus game, or both. In one embodiment, the gaming device employs an initial paytable and enables a player pay a fee to purcha... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177623 | Slot machine and control method of game A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a game in which the plurality of symbols are var... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177626 | Gaming machine When a player starts playing a game by operating a MAXBET button (e.g. when the bet count is 30 bets) and determined that the currently owned credit count is insufficient to the credit count required for the MAX bet, the current game rate set in a slot machine (the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177621 | Gaming machine with skill-based compensation A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a basic wagering game and a bonus wagering game. The bonus wagering game has a skill-based component that involves skill and a random component where no skill is involved. The gaming machine uses the random co... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177624 | Gaming machine printing a ticket for promoting play of a bonus event Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, for promoting play of a bonus event in a wagering environment with one or more gaming machines providing games of chance. The gaming machines are c... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177625 | Gaming machine with multiple games having individual and combined paylines A gaming machine is configured to present multiple individual games to a player. The individual games each have a plurality of symbol locations which display symbols to a user. The symbols displayed in the symbol locations corresponding to one or more primary paylin... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177622 | Wagering game with background modification feature A method of playing a wagering game. The method includes conducting the wagering game at a gaming terminal. A plurality of symbols is displayed, each of the plurality of symbols located in a cell of an array. In response to at least one of the plurality of symbols a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172669 | Wagering game system having electro-optical assembly with variable opacity A gaming system includes a cabinet having an electro-optical assembly including a substrate and a layer having a variable opacity. Also included in the gaming system is a first input device for receiving a wager from a first player and a second input device for rece... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172663 | Multi-line gaming machine with single wager option A gaming machine for playing a multi-line spinning reel game has a display and a game controller arranged to control images of symbols displayed on the display. In the game at least one random event, in particular a spin of the reels, is caused to be displayed on th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172666 | Slot machine A slot machine according to the present invention includes: a plurality of reels having thereon plural types of symbols set in array; a display device having a symbol matrix display region having therein the plurality of symbols set in array on the reel, and a symbo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172667 | Gaming system and method having a skill factor A gaming system comprises a game controller arranged to control play of a game having a player skill aspect, and a display arranged to display a representation of the game, the game controller being arranged to control the display to display a set of symbols for sel... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172664 | Slot machine and control method of game A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a symbol display device capable of rearranging a plurality of symbols, and a controller programmed to conduct processing of (A) executing a game in which, after game media in number equal to or less than a predeterm... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172665 | Gaming system enabling a symbol driven win evaluation method Various embodiments of the disclosed gaming system and method include determining whether to initiate a win evaluation sequence for determining awards for a play of a wagering game based on the symbols generated in that play of the wagering game. In various such emb... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172668 | Wagering game having thematic state based on secondary event A gaming system includes one or more displays and a wager input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game having a plurality of possible thematic states. The gaming system includes a controller coupled to the one or more displays and the wager input devic... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167703 | Gaming system having alternate wagering game configurations A method of playing a wagering game comprises permitting a first configuration of the wagering game to be played via a gaming terminal, detecting a loss of communication between the gaming terminal and a server, and in response to detecting the loss of communication... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167704 | Slot machine and associated methodology of linking symbols to provide a variable display function having feature in linking display contents of symbols with one another and variable display operations of symbols with one another A slot machine scrolls symbols on a plurality of defined areas provided on a display at a time of executing a slot game, and thereafter rearranges the symbols on the respective defied areas. In a case where a trigger symbol is rearranged on a defined area, the slot ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162742 | Adjusting payback data based on skill A gaming device including an interface unit configured to accept game play data from a player and a controller coupled to the interface unit. The controller includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores payback data. The processor is configured to rec... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162743 | Elimination games for gaming machines A disclosed gaming machine presents an elimination game to a player playing the gaming machine. The elimination game may be played on a stand-alone gaming machine or may be played on a group of gaming machines linked together. The elimination game is played by plura... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162739 | Gaming device having multiple pay slots The gaming device provides a number of selections. When the player chooses a selection, the gaming device randomly generates a value and randomly places the value into one of a number of adjacent slots. When the bottom of each slot is covered with values, the game r... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162741 | Gaming system, gaming device, and gaming method for transferring symbols between linked reels in multiple reel sets A gaming device including at least a first reel in a first reel set linked to at least a first reel in a second reel set and at least a second reel in the first reel set not linked to any reel in any second reel set. In a play of the game, symbols are independently ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162744 | Gaming machine executing effects using symbols and control method thereof A gaming machine of the present invention performs an effect of rotating an image displayed in each display block having a second specific symbol rearranged therein in a direction so as to turn a display screen of a display over to the other side after scroll-displa... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162740 | Wagering game with associated outcomes A gaming machine (10) for conducting a wagering game comprises a value input device (16) for receiving a wager from a player and a display (26) for displaying a first plurality of locations in a first formation and a second plurality of location... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162745 | Wagering game with episodic feature determined by player A gaming machine for playing a wagering game includes a game display and a controller. The game display is operable to display a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game in response to receiving a wager from a player. The wagering game has a game-play progressio... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157639 | Gaming machine and gaming system accumulating betted game media and method for controlling the gaming machine According to a gaming system of the present invention, the control device cumulatively counts a part of the number of game media betted in each of the slot machines, as a cumulative value, and transmits cumulative-value information based on the cumulative value obta... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152624 | Gaming device and method providing a plurality of plays of a background game resulting in a single award for the player A gaming device, system and method which enables a player to apply a large wager amount to a plurality of plays of a background game in increments or portions. The gaming device apportions or applies the large wager amount to a plurality of plays of a background gam... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152625 | Bonus game awarding and displaying selected values Various bonus games for being played on a gaming machine are described. The base game may consist of the random selection and display of a 5×3 matrix of symbols. In one bonus game (FIGS. 5-7), upon a certain outcome of the base game including special ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152626 | Gaming system having a plurality of gaming machines linked by network and control method thereof A gaming system of the present invention comprises a plurality of gaming machines and a control device including a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to execute processing of (A) counting a part of a number of betted game media as a cumulative value base... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152623 | Wagering game with two-way cascading reel A gaming terminal (1) and a method for playing a wagering game utilizing a two-way cascading symbol feature are disclosed. The wagering terminal has first and second displays, with a first game outcome displayed as a plurality of symbols (14) on the fi... | 04/10/2012 |
