Electronic system for playing of reel-type games

摘要

There is disclosed an electronic gaming system (100) comprising one or more player interfaces (6, 7, 17), and a main video display screen (1). The system enables players to simultaneously play a plurality of reel-type games and to place bets on lines of the games. The system displays a plurality of display windows on the main display screen, each window being associated with a respective one of the simultaneously played games and displaying the reels of that game, each reel displaying reel indicia. The system is configured for any one of the games to enter a feature phase when a feature-triggering event occurs. At the start of the feature phase, all the display windows on the main screen, except the particular display window associated with the feature phase, reduce in size or disappear, while the size of the feature game's display window increases, and the other games are also suspended, until the feature phase is completed.

主权项

1. A gaming system comprising:
a housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including:
(i) an acceptor, and(ii) a cashout device; a display device supported by the housing; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with said display device and said plurality of input devices to:
(a) if a physical item is received via the acceptor, establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item,(b) for each of a plurality of overlappingly-played primary games:
(i) randomly determine a primary game outcome,(ii) display the randomly determined primary game outcome in a primary game display window associated with said overlappingly-played primary game,(iii) determine any primary game award associated with the displayed randomly determined primary game outcome, and(iv) display any determined primary game award associated with the displayed randomly determined primary game outcome, wherein said credit balance is increasable based on any determined primary game award associated with the displayed randomly determined primary game outcome,(c) upon a secondary game triggering event occurring in association with one of the overlappingly-played primary games:
(i) automatically display a play of a secondary game in an expanded display window which is larger in size than the primary game display window associated with said overlappingly-played primary game associated with the occurrence of the secondary game triggering event, and(ii) during at least part of the display of the play of the secondary game, for at least one of the overlappingly-played primary games not associated with the occurrence of the secondary game triggering event, display said overlappingly-played primary game in a reduced display window which is smaller in size than the primary game display window associated with said overlappingly-played primary game, and(d) if a cashout input is received via the cashout device, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.