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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7674174 | Gaming device having one or more payline awards calculated as a function of the total wager A gaming device which includes a variety of methods to calculate one or more line pay awards as a function of the total amount wagered upon the game. In one embodiment, the gaming device multiplies the award for the most valuable symbol combination appearing on any ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674173 | Gaming machine with special symbol A gaming machine (10) has a display (14) and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display (14).The game controller is arranged to play a game (16) wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674176 | Gaming using display elements activated by direction indicators Gaming systems/processes employing display elements activated by direction-indicating symbols from adjacent display elements. A slot game event provides a display grid having deactivated grid positions and at least one activated grid position. A direction-indicating... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674175 | Video slot machine A video slot machine is disclosed in which a plurality of reel images comprising at least two types of arranged symbols are displayed on a monitor. The video slot machine includes a game controller configured to control a game including a unit game in response to a ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7666085 | Gaming device which displays multiple gaming results wherein subsequent results are formed from previous results A gaming device which displays multiple results wherein subsequently displayed results are formed from previously displayed results. A gaming device randomly generates and displays a first set of symbols. The gaming device also generates a second set of symbols. The... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7666086 | Gaming device having selection picks and selection outcomes determined based on a wager A gaming device having a bonus game which is changed based on a wager in the base game. A wager in the base game determines if outcomes introducing other types of games into the bonus game are available to the player. In one embodiment, a plurality of masked player-... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7654897 | Bonus accumulator for a wagering game A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game comprises a processor and a value input device for receiving a wager from a player to play the game. The processor is operative to accumulate bonus points based on predetermined criteria, and allow the player to redeem... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7654898 | Method for selecting wild symbols by a player A method for playing a slot machine displays for a wager one matrix of random symbols for player selection of at least one symbol. Providing strategic information to the player for favorable play. Converting the at least one position associated with the at least one... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651393 | 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 ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7637808 | Gaming machine including a feature gamble A gaming machine has a display and a game controller arranged to control images of symbols displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined winnin... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7628692 | Gaming device having an input device with a display device A gaming device which includes at least one input device having a game state indicator. The input device is movable between a plurality of physical positions and enables players to make inputs by moving the input device to one of said plurality of positions. The gam... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7628694 | Gaming console with transparent sprites The present invention provides a gaming console 40 having display means 41, and game control means 100 arranged to control images displayed on the display means 41. The game control means 100 are arranged to play a game wherein a p... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7628693 | Wagering game with advantageous symbol meter A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game includes a display, a meter, and a controller. The controller is coupled to the display and is programmed to present on the display a randomly-selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes. The outcome is presen... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7625280 | Gaming device having separately and simultaneously displayed paylines A video slot machine including a plurality of reels forming a single set of reels, a plurality of symbols on the reels, a plurality of different paylines associated with that set of reels, wherein the set of reels is separately and simultaneously displayed a plurali... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7625281 | Gaming apparatus and method of gaming including interactive gaming symbols for producing different outcomes A method and apparatus including at least one interactive gaming symbol. The interactive gaming symbol may operate either at random or upon the initiation and direction of a player to replace a gaming symbol with a replacement symbol. The replacement symbol may alte... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7621811 | Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof A game system has a plurality of slot machines, each slot machine having a controller for executing a basic game, and capable of making a transition to the second game from a middle of the basic game when a prescribed condition is realized; a second game device for ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7618315 | Wagering game with wrap-around paylines A method of conducting a wagering game includes receiving a wager from a player for playing the wagering game. An array of symbol-bearing locations and at least one payline is displayed along a plurality of the symbol-bearing locations. The plurality of the symbol-b... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7614953 | Gaming device having multiple interrelated secondary games A gaming device and a method for operating the gaming device including interrelating bonus games in a bonus round by providing outcomes which transfer the player to one of the other interrelated bonus games. Each bonus game includes a different set of outcomes depen... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7614952 | Gaming device having multiple interacting rotators and translating indicator A gaming device having an award value or symbol display device is provided. The display device includes multiple interconnecting rotators that cooperate to drive an indicator to produce a translating motion. The translating indicator is positioned along linearly spa... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7614950 | Gaming device having rotatable tubular award indicators A gaming device including an apparatus and method for indicating awards in a game, and specifically to an apparatus and method employing tubular rotatable award indicators. In one embodiment, the apparatus of the present invention includes a cabinet, a housing conne... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7614951 | Gaming machine having a plurality of movable elements for indicating a game outcome According to one embodiment of the present invention, a gaming machine for conducting a wagering game comprises a plurality of indicia and a plurality of moveable elements. The plurality of indicia represent a plurality of possible game outcomes including a selected... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7614949 | Gaming machine with synchronized display feature A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a reel spinning display and a secondary display. The reel spinning display includes a plurality of symbol-bearing reels. The reel spinning display successively stops rotation of the reels to display the symbol... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7611406 | Gaming device having selectively activated extra reel A gaming device including a plurality of primary reels with a plurality of symbols on each of the primary reels. At least one and preferably a plurality of the symbols on the primary reels are designated as activator symbols. An activator symbol is a symbol that, wh... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611405 | Dynamic menu system A menu system for generating menus including one or more menu items may include an uncompiled text file or script that may be used to specify various characteristics of each menu item. The text file may specify a tree structure in which menu items are to be displaye... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7607981 | System and method for remote automated play of a gaming device A method according to one or more embodiments of the present invention provides for initiating an automated session, in which the automated session comprises a plurality of games, and receiving a first signal including a video representation of the automated session... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607979 | Disk, displayed symbol identifier of mechanical slot machine, and mechanical slot machine A disk for identifying individual symbols on a reel displayed in a symbol display region of a mechanical slot machine, the disk being concentric with the rotational axis of the reel and rotatable along with the reel, the disk surface being provided with a plurality ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607980 | Gaming device having free potential winning combinations Methods to provide an enhanced likelihood of winning an award and to provide enhanced awards based upon the appearance of symbols on free paylines or free hands of cards. In one embodiment base paylines and a free payline are defined using the same symbol matrix and... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7604538 | Slot machine with a regenerating bonus array A slot machine type wagering game having a bonus feature that is activated by a start-bonus outcome in the basic game. For example, one start-bonus game outcome may be the occurrence of a winning pay line in the base game array. Certain symbols on the winning pay li... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7604539 | Gaming device having a puzzle function operable to indicate information related to a game event A method of playing a game on a gaming machine is performed by placing a wager on an underlying wagering game and playing the underlying wagering game according to the rules of the underlying game. When a predetermined event occurs in the underlying game, the player... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7601062 | Gaming device and method including moving paylines A gaming device and methods of operating a gaming device including paylines that transition in relation to symbol display areas are disclosed. Paylines transition from one position to another position in which the payline is associated with a different combination o... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7601063 | Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof The game system comprises: a slot machine which includes a controller for controlling a basic game, and which has a function whereby, in the case that a combination of “BONUS” symbols has come to a stop along an active pay line, a second game start signal is tra... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7601061 | Gaming machine having independent spinning forms and multiple pay lines A display is provided on which symbols may be provided for use in a slot-type wagering game. Symbols are displayed on sectioned geometrical shapes such as ovals, squares, circles, polygons, etc. Specific symbol combinations, particularly comprised of one symbol appe... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7601060 | Method of operating a progressive gaming device A method of operating a gaming device which displays at least a set and preferably a plurality of sets of symbols on a display device. The base game, be it slot, poker, keno or blackjack, includes means, connected to the processor, for generating the symbols. Upon g... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7597619 | Gaming method and system with a hidden image game piece A gaming method and system includes determining if at least one first trigger event has occurred, dispensing at least one game piece if the at least one trigger event has occurred, the at least one game piece having at least one hidden image and at least one conceal... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7594852 | Gaming machine with interchangeable reel display arrangement A slot machine comprises a housing, a plurality of physical symbol-bearing reels mounted in the housing, and a display arrangement positioned in front of the reels and interchangeable in the same housing between at least two of the following: (i) a display panel wit... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7594851 | Gaming device having multiple identical sets of simultaneously activated reels The present invention involves a gaming device that provides a primary game which utilizes multiple sets of identical reels. The sets of reels simultaneously spin. A player is able to wager on paylines on one or more of said sets of reels. The gaming device also all... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7591725 | Method for consolidating game performance meters of multiple players into regulatorymeters A method for a multi-reel game to be played on a single regulated gaming machine by two players may include steps of assigning a predetermined number of reels of the multi-reel gaming machine to a first player and a predetermined number of reels of the multi-reel ga... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7591724 | Gaming device having a game with primary symbols, secondary symbols associated with the primary symbols and independently generated secondary symbols A gaming device in which primary game symbols are generated in association with secondary symbols. The secondary symbols if generated in a particular combination and in a particular situation, e.g., in association with winning base game symbols, provide a benefit to... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7588496 | Combination gaming apparatus and method A gaming unit may comprise a gaming display being operable to generate images and a controller operatively coupled to the gaming display. The controller may be programmed to select and display a number of player symbols and to generate an outcome of a plurality reel... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7585219 | Gaming device having a matching symbol game A gaming device including a matrix having a plurality of positions defining at least one row and at least one column. The matrix includes a plurality of independently operable symbol generators where each of the positions of the matrix includes at least one of the i... | 09/08/2009 |