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Gregory J Cohen

Mark C Nicely

Specialized gaming systems and methods for providing secure gaming features in which payouts are based upon the presence and identification of patterns of letters within an arrangement of letters, said pattern matching a word or phrase within a pre-defined dictionary.

System and method for providing a dictionary-based electronic gaming system

A gaming system and method for a skill-based reel game that includes a sequence of letters and a game grid size are described. During a game session, a randomly selected plurality of letters are associated with a plurality of letter display elements. A game processor determines whether any of the plurality of letter display elements form a winning sequence of letter display elements that spell a word stored in a word database. The player then identifies the winning sequence with player input, such as selecting the sequence of letter display elements on a touchscreen. When the player input is received by the game processor within a preset time period, the player is awarded a game session prize.

Skill-based reel game having sequences of letter display elements

A gaming system and method that may further divide the plurality of letter display elements into a first group of letter display elements and a second group of letter display elements. The gaming system may then proceed to display the first group of letter display elements in a display section of the display device associated with a first player and display the second group of letter display elements in a display section of the display device associated with a second player. The gaming system then determines whether a winning sequence of letter display elements is formed between the first group of letter display elements and the second group of letter display elements.

Reel game having sequences of letter display elements

A gaming system and a gaming method for a reel-based game that includes a sequence of letters are described. During a game session, the selected plurality of letters are associated with a plurality of letter display elements. Additionally, each letter in the plurality of letters is compared to a particular letter limit. The operations include identifying a selected letter from the plurality of letters that exceeds the particular letter limit (or an excess letter) and replacing a letter display element associated with the excess letter with a display element selected from a group that includes a blank display element and a wild display element. The operations then proceed to display the plurality of letter display elements and the blank display element or the wild display element on the display device. The operations determine whether any of the plurality of letter display elements form a winning sequence of letter display elements for a word corresponding to a dictionary, and then determine a primary game award based upon the plurality of letter display elements.

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Gregory J Cohen