Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gaming machine having an enhanced game play scheme
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Application No.: US13898988Application Date: 2013-05-21
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Publication No.: US09230411B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Allon G. Englman , Joel R. Jaffe , Wayne H. Rothschild
- Applicant: WMS Gaming Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NV Las Vegas
- Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Las Vegas
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G07F17/34 ; G07F17/32

Abstract:
A gaming machine having an enhanced game play scheme is provided where, in response to receipt of a second wager to select an option, a player is provided with enhanced game play. Enhanced game play may include (1) providing more frequent bonus game play, (2) providing a larger bonus game value payout, (3) providing more frequent bonus game play and providing a larger bonus game value payout, (4) providing a larger or multiplied game value payout, (5) providing a guaranteed value payout for a non-winning outcome, (6) providing game features (7) providing a larger game value payout based on a partial game outcome, (8) providing an extra wild symbol capable of repositioning, and (9) providing a possibility of an additional reel movement to reposition an extra reel symbol or (10) providing a possibility of an extra pay line to include an extra reel symbol to increase a value payout.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130252708A1 Gaming Machine Having An Enhanced Game Play Scheme Public/Granted day:2013-09-26
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