Wms Gaming, Inc.

John D Flint

Joel Roger Jaffe

Benjamin T Gomez

Shridhar P Joshi

Philip B Gelber

Larry J Pacey

Jeremy Hornik

Peter R Anderson

Dion K Aoki

John Joseph Giobbi

Jamie W Vann

Erica A Frohm

Peter W Flemming

Peter A Anderson

A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a game display. A transmissive display is positioned in front of the game display directly in the player's line of sight including game-play regions at which symbols appear and regions above, below, between, and to the sides the game-play regions. The transmissive display is operable to selectively display transparent, translucent and opaque video images over the game display. The transparent, translucent and opaque video images may be used to change, for example, a play mechanic associated with the wagering game and any reel symbols associated with wagering game. The transmissive display may also be used to provide interactive player control and player selection elements for the wagering game and to facilitate player inputs to the gaming machine. The transmissive display may be further used to provide bonus features associated with a bonus game played at the gaming machine.

Wagering game with overlaying transmissive display for providing enhanced game features

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a gaming machine for conducting a wagering game comprises a plurality of indicia and a plurality of moveable elements. The plurality of indicia represent a plurality of possible game outcomes including a selected game outcome. The plurality of moveable elements move relative to the plurality of indicia and subsequently stop at one of the plurality of indicia to represent the selected game outcome.

Gaming machine having a plurality of movable elements for indicating a game outcome

A slot machine conducts a wagering game including a plurality of symbol-bearing reels. The reels are rotated and stopped to randomly place symbols on the reels in visual association with a display area. In response to the displayed symbols including a plurality of symbols selectable by the player, the player is prompted to select one of the selectable symbols. The machine provides an award based on the selected symbol and any other of the displayed symbols associated with the selected symbol.

Slot machine with reel symbol matching feature

A game of chance is played on a gaming machine controlled by a processor in response to a wager. The game includes an array of locations displayed on a video display and individually selectable by a player and the processor. The player and the processor make alternating selections of unoccupied ones of the locations in the array for placement of respective first and second symbol types. The probability of using a winning strategy for the selections by the processor increases with successive ones of the selections by the processor so that the processor appears to become more intelligent as the game progresses. A payout is awarded to the player based on an outcome of the game.

Gaming machine with pattern-driven bonus array

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John D Flint