GAMING DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE INTERACTING INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE WHEELS

• US 20130143650A1
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Rodgers, Paulina, Webb, Bayard S., Elias, Hans, Brill, Zeke
• Granted Patent: US 8,851,972 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• 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

A gaming device having multiple interacting independently operated symbol generators, such as wheels. In one embodiment, each wheel includes a plurality of sections that are associated with a plurality of different outcomes which are displayed to a player. One or more of the wheels are activated, either sequentially or simultaneously and the results of the wheel activations influence one or more subsequent wheel activations. Upon a terminating event, an outcome based on the results from one or more spins of one or more of the wheels is provided to the player.

Claims

1. A gaming system comprising:

at least one input device;

at least one display device;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to;

(a) display a plurality of award generators, each award generator including a plurality of sections, each of the plurality of sections of each award generator being associated with one of a plurality of different displayed awards;

(b) display a play of a wagering game upon a placement of one of a plurality of different wager amounts; and

(c) upon an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the play of the wagering game;

(i) activate a quantity of at least one the plurality of the award generators, the quantity of award generators to activate is based on the wager amount placed in association with the displayed play of the wagering game, and

(ii) for each activated award generator;

(A) indicate a section of the activated award generator,

(B) determine the displayed award associated with the indicated section,

(C) determine an award based on a sum of the determined displayed awards associated with le indicated sections of the activated award generators, and

(D) provide the determined award to a player.

2. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of award generators include a plurality of wheels.

3. A method of providing a wagering game, said method comprising:

(a) displaying a plurality of award generators, each award generator including a plurality of sections, each of the plurality of sections of each award generator being associated with one of a plurality of different displayed awards;

(b) causing at least one display device to display a play of a wagering game upon a placement of one of a plurality of different wager amounts; and

(c) upon an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the play of the wagering game;

(i) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to activate a quantity of at least one the plurality of the award generators, the quantity of award generators to activate is based on the wager amount placed in association with the displayed play of the wagering game, and

(ii) for each activated award generator;

(A) indicating a section of the activated award generator,

(B) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine the displayed award associated with the indicated section,

(C) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine an award based on a sum of the determined displayed awards associated with the indicated sections of the activated award generators, and

(D) providing the determined award to a player.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of award generators include a plurality of wheels.

5. The method of claim 3, which is provided through a data network.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the data network is an Internet.