Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120077565 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING - A gaming system is disclosed that comprised spinnable reels and a reel speed controller for controlling a speed at which the reels spin. The reel speed controller is arranged to control a spin speed of at least first and second reels such that the spin speed of the first reel varies with respect to the spin speed of the second reel. | 03-29-2012 |
20120077568 | GAMING SYSTEM, A METHOD OF GAMING AND A GAME OUTCOME PREDICTION CONTROLLER - An electronic method of gaming. The method includes determining that one or more players of a plurality of linked gaming devices are to participate in a game having a plurality of possible outcomes, receiving at least one player predicted outcome of the possible outcomes from a non-participating player of the plurality of linked gaming devices, conducting the game for each participating player, determining an actual outcome of the game; and determining whether to make an award to one or more non-participating players based on each player predicted outcome and the actual outcome. | 03-29-2012 |
20120190425 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING - A gaming system is disclosed that comprises a plurality of spinnable reels, each reel comprising a plurality of selectable symbols corresponding to respective reel stopping positions, and a symbol selector arranged to select a stopping position for each reel and thereby select at least one symbol from each reel. A reel controller is arranged to control spinning and stopping of the reels according to the selected reel stopping positions, and a player input device is arranged to facilitate reception of a reel stopping instruction from a player. The reel controller is arranged to stop a rightmost spinning reel in response to reception of the reel stopping instruction. | 07-26-2012 |
20120208613 | GAMING SYSTEM, A METHOD OF GAMING AND A GAME CONTROLLER - A gaming system comprising a display, a memory, a game controller in data communication with the display and arranged to control the display to display a symbol evaluation area and a symbol storage area, the game controller further arranged to select symbols from a set of symbols for display in the symbol evaluation area on the display and to evaluate the symbols displayed in the symbol evaluation area to determine whether to make an award, and a game play mechanism operable by the player to select a symbol from the symbol evaluation area and drag the selected symbol to the storage area, whereafter the game controller stores the symbol in the memory until the symbol is used in subsequent game play. | 08-16-2012 |
20130184069 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING - There is described a gaming system including an award controller for allocating an award at a plurality of gaming machines. The award controller is arranged to allocate, in response to a win at a first gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines, an award to a player of at least one further gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines based on a location of the at least one further gaming machine. | 07-18-2013 |