Line keno and keno drawn ball position pays

• US 9,293,013 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2013
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Lark, David R., Brown, Bradford D.
• Primary Examiner(s): SKAARUP, JASON M
• Application Number:
  US13/957,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20150038210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 463/18
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3239 Tracking of individual players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/326 Game play aspects of gaming systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

A method of providing a keno game for plays with duplicate draws is provided. A keno game including a keno game board having a first predetermined number of keno board spots is displayed. A player selection of a second predetermined number of keno board spots is received. Drawn balls for a plurality of ball sets are determined. The determined drawn balls are displayed with one or more paylines overlaying at least some of the drawn balls in the plurality of ball sets. A player award based at least in part on evaluation of each payline is calculated.

Claims

1. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:

(a) receiving, by an acceptor, a physical item associated with a monetary value;

(b) establishing, by at least one processor, a credit balance for a player based at least in part on the monetary value;

(c) displaying, by at least one display device, a keno game including a keno game board having a first predetermined number of keno board spots each associated with one of a set of a plurality of different symbols;

(d) receiving, by an input device, a player selection of a second predetermined number of the plurality of different symbols of the set to form a player symbol set;

(e) placing, by the at least one processor, a wager in response to an actuation of the wager button, the credit balance being decreasable by the wager;

(f) forming, by the at least one processor, a gaming system symbol set by randomly determining two or more of the plurality of different symbols of the set;

(g) repeating (f) at least once to form at least one additional gaming system symbol set;

(h) displaying, by the at least one display device, the randomly determined symbols in the gaming system symbol sets with one or more paylines overlaying at least some of the symbols in the gaming system symbol sets;

(i) calculating a player award based at least in part on;

(1) any symbols in the player symbol set that match a symbol in one of the gaming system symbol sets; and

(2) an evaluation of each payline; and

(j) initiating, by the at least one processor, a payout associated with the credit balance in response to an actuation of a cashout button.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the evaluation of each payline includes determining, by the at least one processor, whether one or more of the symbols in the player symbol set match one or more of the symbols that the payline overlays.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each gaming system symbol set includes the same number of symbols.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein each gaming system symbol set includes twenty symbols.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the paylines is a horizontal line touching all symbols of one of the gaming system symbol sets from the plurality of gaming system symbol sets.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one payline includes one or more angled line segments touching symbols in two or more gaming system symbol sets.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein a total number of symbols that each payline touches equals a total number of symbols in each gaming system symbol set.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbols in each gaming system symbol set are displayed horizontally, and the plurality of gaming system symbol sets are displayed in a vertical arrangement with respect to one another.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the player award is determined at least in part based on a number of duplicate symbols included in the plurality of gaming system symbol sets.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the player award is determined at least in part based on the relative position of the symbols of the gaming system symbol sets to one another.

11. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a display configured to display a keno game having a keno board with a first predetermined number of keno board spots each associated with one of a set of a plurality of different symbols;

a user-input panel;

an acceptor; and

a game controller having one or more data processors and one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to;

(a) establish a credit balance for a player based on a monetary value associated with a physical item after the acceptor receives the physical item;

(b) receive, by the user input panel, a player selection of a second predetermined number of the plurality of different symbols of the set to form a player symbol set;

(c) place a wager in response to an actuation of a wager button;

(d) form a gaming system symbol set by randomly determining two or more of the plurality of different symbols of the set;

(e) repeat (d) at least once to form at least one additional gaming system symbol set;

(f) display the randomly determined symbols in the gaming system symbol sets with one or more paylines overlaying on top of at least some of the symbols in the gaming system symbol sets;

(g) calculate a player award based at least in part on;

(1) any symbols in the player symbol set that match a symbol in one of the gaming system symbol sets; and

(2) an evaluation of each payline; and

(h) initiate a payout associated with the credit balance in response to an actuation of a cashout button.

12. The electronic gaming device of claim 11, wherein the evaluation of each payline includes determining whether one or more of the symbols in the player symbol set match one or more of the symbols that the payline touches.

13. The electronic gaming device of claim 11, wherein each gaming system symbol set includes the same number of symbols.

14. The electronic gaming device of claim 13, wherein each gaming system symbol set includes twenty symbols.

15. The electronic gaming device of claim 11, wherein at least one of the paylines is a horizontal payline touching symbols of one of the gaming system symbol sets from the plurality of gaming system symbol sets.

16. The electronic gaming device of claim 11, wherein at least one payline includes one or more angled line segments touching symbols in two or more gaming system symbol sets.

17. The electronic gaming device of claim 13, wherein a total number of symbols that each payline touches equals a total number of symbols in each gaming system symbol set.

18. The electronic gaming device of claim 11, wherein the symbols in each gaming system symbol set are displayed horizontally, and the plurality of gaming system symbol sets are displayed in a vertical arrangement with respect to one another.

19. The electronic gaming device of claim 11, wherein the player award is determined at least in part based on a number of duplicate symbols included in the plurality of gaming system symbol sets.

20. The electronic gaming device of claim 11, wherein the player award is determined at least in part based on the relative position of the symbols of the gaming system symbol sets to one another.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having machine instructions stored therein, the instructions being executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

(a) establish a credit balance for a player based on a monetary value associated with a physical item after an acceptor receives the physical item;

(b) cause at least one display device to display a keno game including a keno game board having a first predetermined number of keno board spots each associated with one of a set of a plurality of different symbols;

(c) receive a player selection of a second predetermined number of the plurality of different symbols of the set to form a player symbol set;

(d) place a wager in response to an actuation of a wager button;

(e) form a gaming system symbol set by randomly determining two or more of the plurality of different symbols of the set;

(f) repeat (e) at least once to form at least one additional gaming system symbol set;

(g) cause the at least one display device to display the randomly determined symbols in the gaming system symbol sets, wherein the plurality of gaming system symbol sets are visually divided into one or more areas;

(h) calculate a player award based at least in part on;

(1) any symbols in the player symbol set that match a symbol in one of the gaming system symbol sets; and

(2) the relative position of the symbols with respect to each other within each area; and

(i) initiate a payout associated with the credit balance in response to an actuation of a cashout button.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the symbols in each gaming system symbol set are displayed horizontally, and the plurality of gaming system symbol sets are displayed in a vertical arrangement with respect to one another.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein each area displays symbols from two or more gaming system symbol sets.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the player award is determined based at least in part on duplicate symbols detected within one or more areas.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to cause the at least one display device to display one or more paylines overlaying on top of symbols in one or more areas.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the number of symbols that each payline touches equals a total number of symbols in a gaming system symbol set, with all the gaming system symbol sets having the same number of symbols.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein at least one payline includes one or more horizontal segments and one or more angled line segments.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the player award is calculated at least in part based on an evaluation of each payline.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein the evaluation of each payline includes determining whether one or more of the symbols of the player symbol set match one or more symbols that the payline touches.

30. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

(a) receiving, by an acceptor, a physical item associated with a monetary value;

(b) establishing, by at least one processor, a credit balance for a player based at least in part on the monetary value;

(c) displaying, by at least one display device, a keno game including a keno game board having a first predetermined number of keno board spots each associated with one of a set of a plurality of different symbols;

(d) receiving, by at least one input device, a player selection of a second predetermined number of the plurality of different symbols of the set to form a player symbol set;

(e) placing, by the at least one processor, a wager in response to an actuation of the wager button, the credit balance being decreasable by the wager;

(f) forming, by the at least one processor, a gaming system symbol set by randomly determining two or more of the plurality of different symbols of the set;

(g) displaying, by the at least one display device, the randomly determined symbols in the plurality of gaming system symbol sets, wherein the plurality of gaming system symbol sets are visually divided into one or more areas;

(h) calculating, by the at least one processor, a player award based at least in part on;

(1) any symbols in the player symbol set that match a symbol in one of the gaming system symbol sets; and

(2) the relative position of symbols with respect to each other within each area.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the symbols in each gaming system symbol set are displayed horizontally, and the plurality of gaming system symbol sets are displayed in a vertical arrangement with respect to one another.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein each area displays symbols from two or more gaming system symbol sets.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the player award is determined based at least in part on duplicate symbols detected within one or more areas.

34. The method of claim 30, further comprising displaying, by the at least one display device, one or more paylines overlaying on top of symbols in one or more areas.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the number of symbols that each payline touches equals the total number of symbols in a gaming system symbol set, with all the gaming system symbol sets having the same number of symbols.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein at least one payline includes one or more horizontal segments and one or more angled line segments.

37. The method of claim 34, wherein the player award is calculated at least in part based on an evaluation of each payline.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the evaluation of each payline includes determining, by the at least one processor, whether one or more of the symbols of the player symbol set match one or more symbols that the payline touches.