Slot Machine with Variable Suspense Factor

摘要

A slot machine which can be adjusted to alter the suspense level without changing the mathematics of the gameplay. By evaluating the final outcome before the reels stop spinning, the order in which the reels stop may be adjusted to either increase or decrease the level of suspense for the player, when compared with the standard left-to-right order.

主权项

1. An electronic gaming apparatus comprising:
an output device operable to display N slot machine reels; an input device; a processor; and a non-transitory storage medium storing a paytable and instructions, wherein said instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform the steps of: determining at least one result symbol on each of a plurality of N slot machine reels; determining an N−1-reel conditional expected value for each specific slot machine reel out of the N slot machine reels, wherein an N−1-reel conditional expected value is equivalent to an expected value of said specific slot machine reel being unresolved while each slot machine reel other than said specific slot machine reel has resolved to display respective at least one result symbols; determining a last reel with a highest N−1-reel conditional expected value; resolving all of the N slot machine reels except the last reel; after the resolving all of the N slot machine reels except the last reel, resolving the last reel; and providing any rewards associated with result symbols on said resolved reels.