System and method for allowing players to play matching games having paths formed between symbols

摘要

A method for allowing players to play a bingo-type game with a gaming system is described herein. The method includes displaying the bingo-type game on the display device, randomly selecting a plurality of player symbols, randomly selecting a plurality of game symbols, determining if each one of the plurality of game symbols matches a corresponding one of the plurality of player symbols, and determining a game outcome of the bingo-type game as a function of the matched player symbols. The method also includes determining if a triggering condition occurs in the game outcome and responsively providing an award to the player if the triggering condition occurs. The triggering condition is defined as a path extending between the origin symbol and the destination symbol and including at least one matched player symbol.

主权项

1. A gaming machine that implements a bingo-type game, comprising:
a validation device configured to receive from a user, and to validate, one or more physical objects representing a monetary value, and to determine the monetary value associated with the one or more received physical objects; a display device; a controller that comprises a processor and a memory, the controller coupled to the validation device and the display device, the controller configured to maintain, for a user, a count of gaming credits available to a user, the count of gaming credits based on the monetary value of the one or more physical objects received from the user and based further on outcomes of the bingo-type game; and executable program instructions stored in the memory, wherein the executable program instructions instruct the processor to implement the bingo-type game by a process that comprises:
randomly generating, for the bingo-type game, a grid that includes a plurality of player symbols arranged in rows and columns, the plurality of player symbols including an origin symbol and a destination symbol;randomly selecting a plurality of game symbols for the user;instructing the display device to display an interactive user interface that displays the grid and the plurality of game symbols;detecting matches between the player symbols and the game symbols, and instructing the display device to update the interactive user interface to visually represent each match;determining whether the matches between the player symbols and game symbols form one of a plurality of paths between the origin symbol and destination symbol on the grid, the plurality of paths each representing a winning condition, the plurality of paths including a least one path that includes a horizontal sub-path connected to a vertical sub-path, the horizontal sub-path comprising multiple consecutive player symbols of a row, and the vertical sub-path comprising multiple consecutive player symbols of a column;determining a game outcome based at least partly on whether one or more of the plurality of paths is formed from the matches; andupdating the count of gaming credits to reflect the game outcome.