发明名称 Gaming machine having modifiable reel features
摘要 A method of providing a slot game to a player is described herein. The slot game includes a plurality of reels. Each reel includes a plurality of symbol positions and a plurality of game symbols that are displayed in each of the symbol positions in a predetermined order. The method includes allowing the player to make a wager on the game, initiating a primary game and responsively spinning the reels, randomly determining an outcome of the primary game and responsively stopping the reels to display the outcome of the primary game in a grid, and awarding a first award to the player based on the primary game outcome. The method also includes detecting if a triggering condition occurs in the primary game outcome, and responsively modifying a reel function of at least one of the reels to generate an outcome of a secondary game including the modified reel function.
申请公布号 US9378626(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.06.28
申请号 US201313833751 申请日期 2013.03.15
申请人 KONAMI GAMING, INC. 发明人 Aida Eiji;Suda Satoshi
分类号 G07F17/32;G07F17/34 主分类号 G07F17/32
代理机构 Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC 代理人 Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
主权项 1. A method of providing a slot game to a player, the slot game including a plurality of reels, each reel including a plurality of symbol positions and a plurality of game symbols displayed in each of the symbol positions in a predetermined order, the plurality of game symbols including at least one trigger symbol, including the steps of: allowing the player, through an input device which accepts physical media indicating a monetary value to establish a credit balance, to make a wager on the game, the game including a primary game and a secondary game; adjusting, by a controller, a credit balance as a function of an amount of the wager; initiating, by the controller, the primary game and responsively spinning the reels; randomly determining, by the controller, an outcome of the primary game and responsively stopping the reels to display the outcome of the primary game, the outcome of the primary game being displayed in a grid, the spinning reels being visible in the grid during play of the game; awarding, by the controller, a first award to the player based on the primary game outcome; detecting, by the controller, if a triggering condition occurs in the primary game outcome, the triggering condition being defined as the at least one trigger symbol being displayed with a first set of reels in the primary game outcome; responsively modifying, by the controller, a reel function of each reel of the first set of reels including synchronizing a display of each of the first set of reels to display the same symbols in the same symbol order during rotation and generating an outcome of a secondary game including the modified reel function; and, awarding, by the controller, a second award to the player based on the secondary game outcome and adjusting the credit balance as a function of the first and the second awards.
地址 Las Vegas NV US