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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Konami Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Satoshi Suda, Zama, JP;
William Langston, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
Konami Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a control unit programmed to initiate an instance of a primary game and spin and stop virtual reel strips to display an outcome of the primary game. The control unit detects an appearance of a winning combination of game symbols in the outcome and provides an initial award based on the winning combination, and detects an appearance of the collect symbol and a credit prize symbol in the outcome, determines an amount of credits associated with the credit prize symbol, and a bonus award including the determined amount of credits.