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Gaming device having multiple display interfaces

  • US 7,695,363 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2003
  • Issued: 04/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gaming device comprising:

  • a display device;

    at least one in put device;

    at least one processor; and

    at least one memory device which stores;

    (a) data corresponding to a primary game operable for one or more plays based upon placement of a wager which corresponds to one of;

    (1) a first wager level; and

    (2) a second wager level which is greater than the first wager level;

    (b) data corresponding to a plurality of different game display interfaces available for a single one of the plays based upon the placed wager for the single play of the primary game and operable to be displayed by the display device to represent the single play of said primary game, the game display interfaces including a first game display interface and a different, second game display interface, the first game display interface including a plurality of first reels displayable by the at least one display device, the plurality of first reels including a plurality of different first symbols displayable on the first reels, the second game display interface including a plurality of second reels displayable by the at least one display device, the plurality of second reels including a plurality of different second symbols displayable on the second reels, wherein each of a plurality of the first symbols corresponds to a different one of a plurality of the second symbols, each said first symbol and corresponding second symbol being associated with an identical winning condition in the primary game, and wherein a plurality of the corresponding symbols in the first and second game display interfaces are visually different from one another, the first and second game display interfaces being associated with a same payout rate per wager unit; and

    (c) a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the display device and the at least one input device, for the single play of the primary game, to;

    (1) receive an input associated with the placed wager;

    (2) determine whether the placed wager corresponds to one of the first wager level and the second wager level;

    (3) if the placed wager corresponds to the first wager level;

    (A) display the first game display interface including the first reels(B) randomly determine an outcome including a plurality of the first symbols, and(C) cause the first reels to display the plurality of the first symbols of the randomly determined outcome;

    (4) if the placed wager corresponds to the second wager level;

    (A) display the second game display interface including the second reels,(B) randomly determine an outcome including a plurality of the second symbols, and(C) cause the second reels to display the plurality of the second symbols of the randomly determined outcome; and

    (5) provide any award associated with the displayed symbols of the randomly determined outcome, the award being based on the placed wager and in accordance with the same payout rate per wager unit independent of whether the first or second game display interface is displayed.

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