| 摘要 |
A gaming device activated by a wager has a vocabulary database and a processor operating a display to simulate spinning of virtual reels each having letters of given point values arranged about the periphery of each virtual reel and independently stopping the reels in a random fashion to display a given number of contiguous letters on each reel in a scrambled fashion. The letters of each reel are displayed side-by-side with the letters of the other virtual reels, forming a matrix of M lines (i.e., rows) and N columns. The player selects the number of lines for the game and the bet per line and presses a PLAY button, to initiate spinning and then random stopping of the reels. The processor then determines if the scrambled letters from only the selected line(s) create a word found in the database. The letters of the created word are highlighted and may also be connected by bands oriented at a variety of angular orientations to highlight the word and distinguish the word from the remaining letters presented on the display. In one embodiment, a win is determined when a word having given number of letters is created. An enhanced payout is calculated based on the total point value of the letters in the created word. Apparatus is shown and described for performing the above method.
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