Apparatus for providing amusement
First Claim
1. A multi-reel game comprising:
- a game processor;
a display coupled to the game processor and including a plurality of laterally arranged rotatable reels provided with a plurality of indicia such that when the plurality of reels are not in rotation indicia of the plurality of reels are arranged in a matrix including rows and columns, wherein a plurality of pay lines are defined between an indicia of a leftmost column of the matrix and an indicia of a rightmost column of the matrix;
a player input device coupled to the game processor to allow a player to select at least one of the paylines; and
a plurality of payline indicators controlled by the game processor and associated with the matrix such that the at least one payline selected by the player is displayed.
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Abstract
Certain non-limiting exemplary embodiments are taught which include a game comprising, a digital processor, digital storage coupled to the digital processor for storing instructions, a display coupled to the digital processor displaying a first plurality of indicia arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns such that there are a plurality of paylines through a contiguous plurality of indicia, a user interface coupled to the digital processor to select a subset of the first plurality of indicia taken along at least one column and to initiate a display of a second plurality of indicia which includes the selected subset of the first plurality of indicia on the display, and an award dispenser providing an award which is at least as large as the largest award associated with the plurality of paylines.
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29 Claims
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1. A multi-reel game comprising:
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a game processor; a display coupled to the game processor and including a plurality of laterally arranged rotatable reels provided with a plurality of indicia such that when the plurality of reels are not in rotation indicia of the plurality of reels are arranged in a matrix including rows and columns, wherein a plurality of pay lines are defined between an indicia of a leftmost column of the matrix and an indicia of a rightmost column of the matrix; a player input device coupled to the game processor to allow a player to select at least one of the paylines; and a plurality of payline indicators controlled by the game processor and associated with the matrix such that the at least one payline selected by the player is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for displaying prize information in a multi-reel game comprising:
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displaying on a multi-reel game a plurality of laterally arranged rotatable reels provided with a plurality of indicia such that when the plurality of reels are not in rotation indicia of the plurality of reels are arranged in a matrix including rows and columns, wherein a plurality of paylines are defined between an indicia of a leftmost column of the matrix and an indicia of a rightmost column of the matrix; detecting on said multi-reel game a player input selecting at least one of the paylines; and displaying on said multi-reel game the at least one payline. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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