Systems and methods of electronic gaming

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9865140-B2
Application number	US-201615290212-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2016
Priority date	Dec 5, 2008
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

A gaming system is disclosed which includes a plurality of spinners, each spinner being associated with a plurality of display positions and having a plurality of symbols disposable at the display positions. A spinner controller is arranged to select the symbols to appear at the display positions for each spinner, and an outcome evaluator is arranged to determine whether the symbols shown at the display positions correspond to at least one winning outcome by reference to at least one defined win condition. Each win condition comprises a win line having at least three display positions from two adjacent spinners. A corresponding method of gaming is also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gaming system comprising:
a credit mechanism configured to receive a credit input from a player for play of a base game, wherein the credit mechanism includes at least one of a coin acceptor, a bill acceptor, a card reader, and a ticket reader;
a display configured to present the base game to the player;
a plurality of non-concentric spinners, each spinner of the plurality of non-concentric spinners comprising a plurality of display positions and having a plurality of symbols displayable at the plurality of display positions; and
a game controller configured to:
establish a credit balance associated with the player based on the received credit input, wherein a wager associated with the player is deducted from the credit balance;
conduct the base game in response to a wager from the first player, wherein a spinner game initiates upon an occurrence of a trigger condition in the base game; and
determine whether selected symbols of the plurality of symbols displayed at the plurality of display positions for each spinner during the spinner game correspond to at least one winning outcome by reference to at least one predefined combination of symbols, each predefined combination of symbols comprising a win line extending through respective centers of rotation of two adjacent spinners of the plurality of non-concentric spinners, the win line including two display positions from each of the two adjacent spinners.

2. The gaming system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the game controller is further configured to allocate a prize to the player when a winning outcome of the at least one winning outcome is determined.

3. The gaming system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein each spinner of the plurality of non-concentric spinners includes a respective set of associated symbols.

4. The gaming system in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the respective set of associated symbols is displayed on each spinner in a predefined configuration.

5. The gaming system in accordance with claim 3 , wherein each spinner of the plurality of non-concentric spinners includes a plurality of sets of associated symbols, each set of associated symbols of the plurality of sets selectably displayable on the spinner.

6. The gaming system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein at least one win line is defined for each two adjacently disposed spinners of the plurality of non-concentric spinners.

7. The gaming system in accordance with claim 6 , wherein each win line of the at least one win line comprises at least three display positions.

8. The gaming system in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of win lines wherein at least one win line of the plurality of win lines is non-linear.

9. The gaming system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the plurality of non-concentric spinners include at least three spinners disposed in one of a triangular configuration and a diamond shaped configuration.

10. The gaming system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the trigger condition including at least one of display of a particular symbol, player input, an amount or a type of wager placed, and a special game is purchased by the player.

11. A method of gaming comprising:
receiving, at a credit input mechanism, a credit input from a player for play of a base game, wherein the credit mechanism includes at least one of a coin acceptor, a bill acceptor, a card reader, and a ticket reader;
establishing, by a processor, a credit balance associated with the player based on the received credit input, wherein a wager associated with the player is deducted from the credit balance;
in response to receiving the wager from the first player, conducting, by the processor, the base game, wherein a spinner game initiates upon an occurrence of a trigger condition in the base game;
providing a plurality of non-concentric spinners, each spinner of the plurality of non-concentric spinners comprising a plurality of display positions and having a plurality of symbols displayable at the plurality of display positions; and
determining, by the processor, whether selected symbols of the plurality of symbols displayed at the plurality of display positions for each spinner during the spinner game correspond to at least one winning outcome by reference to at least one predefined combination of symbols, each predefined combination of symbols comprising a win line extending through respective centers of rotation of two adjacent spinners of the plurality of non-concentric spinners, the win line including two display positions from each of the two adjacent spinners.

12. The method in accordance with claim 11 further comprising allocating a prize to the player when a winning outcome of the at least one winning outcome is determined.

13. The method in accordance with claim 11 , wherein providing the plurality of non-concentric spinners further comprises providing a respective set of associated symbols for each spinner of the plurality of non-concentric spinners.

14. The method in accordance with claim 13 further comprising displaying the respective set of associated symbols on each spinner in a predefined configuration.

15. The method in accordance with claim 13 , wherein each spinner of the plurality of non-concentric spinners includes a plurality of sets of associated symbols, each set of associated symbols of the plurality of sets selectably displayable on the spinner.

16. The method in accordance with claim 11 , wherein at least one win line is defined for each two adjacently disposed spinners of the plurality of non-concentric spinners.

17. The method in accordance with claim 16 , wherein each win line of the at least one win line comprises at least three display positions.

18. The method in accordance with claim 11 , wherein at least one non-liner win line is defined.

19. The method in accordance with claim 11 , wherein providing the plurality of non-concentric spinners further comprises disposing at least three spinners of the plurality of non-concentric spinners in one of a triangular configuration and a diamond shaped configuration.

20. The method in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the trigger condition including at least one of display of a particular symbol, player input, an amount or a type of wager placed, and a special game is purchased by the player.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
establish a credit balance associated with the player based on a credit input received by a credit input mechanism, the credit input mechanism including at least one of a coin acceptor, a bill acceptor, a card reader, and a ticket reader;
receive a wager from the first player for play of the base game, wherein the wager is deducted from the credit balance;
conduct the base game in response to the wager, wherein a spinner game initiates upon an occurrence of a trigger condition in the base game;
provide a plurality of non-concentric spinners to a display, each spinner of the plurality of non-concentric spinners comprising a plurality of display positions and having a plurality of symbols displayable at the plurality of display positions; and
determine whether selected symbols of the plurality of symbols displayed at the plurality of display positions for each spinner during the spinner game correspond to at least one winning outcome by reference to at least one pre

Assignees

• Aristocrat Technologies Au

Inventors

• Bond Anthony Wayne
• Jones Stephen C
• Anderson Philip Jeffrey
• Stewart Scott Monroe
• Frerking Gary

Classifications

• G07F17/3244

  Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes · CPC title

• G07F17/3246

  involving coins and/or banknotes · CPC title

• G07F17/3213

  Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members · CPC title

• G07F17/3209

  Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen · CPC title

• G07F17/34 Primary

  depending on the stopping of moving members {in a mechanical slot machine}, e.g. "fruit" machines · CPC title