Gaming machine with symbol restriction
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Jun 12, 2018
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Nov 2, 2017
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Apr 12, 2017
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Abstract
A gaming machine may award a number of spins of a plurality of reels in an instance of the bonus game. A symbol counter may be set to an initial value. Until the awarded number of bonus game spins have been performed, the gaming machine may repeatedly carry out iterations of bonus game operations including: (i) selecting a first symbol set or a second symbol set for display on the plurality of reels, where the first symbol set excludes a predetermined symbol, where the second symbol set includes a number of the predetermined symbol equivalent to the symbol counter, and where, when the second symbol set is selected, the symbol counter is incremented, and (ii) transmitting, to a client machine, a representation of the selected symbol set.
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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GAMES GLOBAL OPERATIONS LIMITED | 62 CIRCULAR ROAD DOUGLAS 1M1 1AE |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Igesund, Terence | Kaw-Zulu Natal, ZA | 15 | 345 |
# of filed Patents : 15 Total Citations : 345 | |||
Wortmann, Jonathan B | Ballarat, AU | 5 | 78 |
# of filed Patents : 5 Total Citations : 78 |
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