GAMES AND GAMING MACHINES HAVING WHEEL FEATURES

• US 20110218027A1
• Filed: 01/04/2011
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ARIS Technologies, Inc. (Verance Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ARIS Technologies, Inc. (Verance Corporation)
• Inventors: DelRossi, Robert, Frohm, Erica, Daly, Terry, Lombardo, Charlie, Manz, Robert
• Application Number:
  US12/984,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20110218027A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/19
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3213 Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

Gaming machines and games are configured with one or more wheel events or features. The wheel events or features may comprise main games or bonus games, or may comprise entertaining representations of outcomes of other games or events. The wheel events comprise the selection of one or more segments of a wheel having associated awards. Wheel events may have various entertaining configurations, including use of multiple wheels, concentric wheels and the like.

Claims

1. A wheel event for a wagering game comprising the steps of:

displaying a plurality of wheels each having a plurality of segments having associated awards;

accepting selection of one of said plurality of wheels by a player;

initiating a wheel segment selection event relative to said selected wheel; and

displaying a selected segment and its associated award.

2. A bingo game comprising the steps of:

accepting a bingo card purchase from at least two players;

assigning at least one bingo card bearing numbers or other designations associated therewith to each player;

drawing at least one first set of bingo balls having associated numbers or designations and comparing said bingo balls to said numbers or designations associated with said bingo cards;

determining if said comparing results in at least one designated winning outcome for said bingo game and, if so, awarding an award to said player in accordance with a pay table, said pay table defining awards for winning outcomes of said game; and

displaying a wheel event comprising the selection of at least one segment of a wheel resulting in a displayed award of a winning outcome corresponding to said pay table in the event of at least one winning outcome of said game.