Method for determining payoffs in reel-type slot machines
First Claim
1. A method of operating a slot machine having a plurality of reels each rotatable about an axis through a fixed number of stop positions, said reels having viewable symbols located at each stop position for display on a pay line, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) randomly selecting at least two multiplier values, each of which is an integer;
b) multiplying the multiplier values together to obtain a payout amount Z;
c) determining if Z is zero; and
(i) if Z is zero, displaying a randomly selected losing symbol combination on the pay line;
(ii) if Z is not zero, displaying a winning symbol combination on the pay line, said winning symbol combination being randomly selected from a set of combinations corresponding to the payout amount Z.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for operating a microprocessor based reel-type slot machine. The payoff is randomly determined before any symbols are displayed. Two or more multiplier factors are randomly selected from separate predetermined groups. The factors are multiplied together to calculate the payoff. For each payoff, there are a predetermined number of symbol combinations corresponding thereto. One of the corresponding symbol combinations is randomly selected and displayed on the pay line. Zero payoffs are indicated by displaying a randomly selected losing combination.
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1. A method of operating a slot machine having a plurality of reels each rotatable about an axis through a fixed number of stop positions, said reels having viewable symbols located at each stop position for display on a pay line, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) randomly selecting at least two multiplier values, each of which is an integer; b) multiplying the multiplier values together to obtain a payout amount Z; c) determining if Z is zero; and (i) if Z is zero, displaying a randomly selected losing symbol combination on the pay line; (ii) if Z is not zero, displaying a winning symbol combination on the pay line, said winning symbol combination being randomly selected from a set of combinations corresponding to the payout amount Z. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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