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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde, AU;
Inventors:
Ryan Paul Hawkins, Henderson, NV (US);
Yanis Tsombanidis, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Stephanie Johns, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Robert Honeycutt, Henderson, NV (US);
Assignee:
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/34 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to gaming machines, systems and methods of gaming. There are a number of different ways available for determining an award by current gaming machines and systems. In this embodiment, a game controller is arranged to determine an award depending on the number of columns spanned by a cluster of symbols and the number of symbol positions in the cluster.