Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100062829 | GAMING MACHINE WITH SYMBOL-SPECIFIC MULTIPLIERS - A method for use with a gaming machine that is arranged to select symbols, present the symbols on a display and award an award if a winning outcome occurs. The method includes initialising a plurality of award adjustors, each award adjustor being associated with a corresponding symbol in a specified set of symbols, changing a value of each said award adjustor in response to a game event that involves the presentation of the corresponding symbol on the display; and if the winning outcome comprises a symbol from the specified set, adjusting the award dependent on the award adjustor associated with the symbol in the winning outcome. | 03-11-2010 |
20100240447 | GAMING CONTROLLER, DEVICE AND METHOD OF GAMING - A method of awarding a jackpot, the method including determining whether a jackpot trigger, which is configured to occur based on a monetary turnover value associated with a gaming device, has occurred within a predefined period of time; and causing the jackpot trigger to occur irrespective of the monetary turnover value associated with the gaming machine if it is determined that the jackpot trigger has not occurred within the predefined period of time. | 09-23-2010 |
20100285862 | METHOD OF GAMING, A GAME CONTROLLER AND A GAMING SYSTEM - A method of gaming including initiating a sequence of at least two outcomes, determining any current end condition to apply to the current outcome in the sequence from at least the previous outcome in the sequence, wherein each outcome is derived from a selection of one of a plurality of objects presented to a player at respective ones of a plurality of display positions on a display of a gaming system, and ending the sequence upon the current end condition being met by the current outcome. | 11-11-2010 |
20110151968 | METHOD OF GAMING, A GAME CONTROLLER AND A GAMING SYSTEM - A method of gaming in a gaming system comprising a) conducting a plurality of games, each game including determining whether to award an entitlement, and, upon awarding the entitlement, controlling a size of the entitlement based on a size of at least part of a wager made in the game and adding the entitlement to a current total entitlement, b) determining to apply the total entitlement, and c) applying the total entitlement to subsequent game play independently of the most recent wager size. | 06-23-2011 |
20130116029 | GAMING CONTROLLER, DEVICE AND METHOD OF GAMING - A method of awarding a jackpot, the method including determining whether a jackpot trigger, which is configured to occur based on a monetary turnover value associated with a gaming device, has occurred within a predefined period of time; and causing the jackpot trigger to occur irrespective of the monetary turnover value associated with the gaming machine if it is determined that the jackpot trigger has not occurred within the predefined period of time. | 05-09-2013 |
20130244754 | METHOD OF GAMING, A GAME CONTROLLER AND A GAMING SYSTEM - A method of gaming including initiating a sequence of at least two outcomes, determining any current end condition to apply to the current outcome in the sequence from at least the previous outcome in the sequence, wherein each outcome is derived from a selection of one of a plurality of objects presented to a player at respective ones of a plurality of display positions on a display of a gaming system, and ending the sequence upon the current end condition being met by the current outcome. | 09-19-2013 |
20130288770 | GAMING MACHINE WITH SYMBOL-SPECIFIC MULTIPLIERS - A method for use with a gaming machine that is arranged to select symbols, present the symbols on a display and award an award if a winning outcome occurs. The method includes initialising a plurality of award adjustors, each award adjustor being associated with a corresponding symbol in a specified set of symbols, changing a value of each said award adjustor in response to a game event that involves the presentation of the corresponding symbol on the display; and if the winning outcome comprises a symbol from the specified set, adjusting the award dependent on the award adjustor associated with the symbol in the winning outcome. | 10-31-2013 |
20130344944 | ELECTRONIC METHOD OF GAMING, A GAME CONTROLLER AND A GAMING SYSTEM - Certain examples provide electronic gaming systems and methods. An example electronic method of gaming comprising conducting a base game portion of a game by selecting a plurality of symbols for display at a plurality of symbol positions on a display; evaluating the selected symbols to determine whether a trigger condition has been met for a feature game portion of the game to be conducted, the trigger condition comprising the occurrence of a defined combination of trigger symbols amongst the selected symbols; upon the trigger condition being met, independently determining, for each trigger symbol of the combination of trigger symbols, a number of game events to be awarded from at least two different numbers of game events to thereby determine a total number of game events to be awarded for the feature game portion of the game; and conducting the feature game based on the total number of game events awarded. | 12-26-2013 |