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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1997
Stephen W Morro, Ocean View, NJ (US);
Anthony J Baerlocher, Carson City, NV (US);
Robert W Crowder, Jr, Reno, NV (US);
International Game Technology, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented electronic game provides a game portion which includes a puzzle completion game. In one instance, the puzzle is a word phrase. The first area displays regions for each letter in the phrase. A payline of an electronic slot machine display is associated with one of a plurality of letter indicia, with a bonus value associated with each of the letter indicia. After a simulated slot machine reel spin, if the slot machine portion shows a winning combination, any letters associated with the winning paylines which match uncovered letters of the phrase will be revealed in the phrase region and a bonus value is implemented equal to the product of the bonus points associated with that letter times the number of occurrence of that letter in the phrase times the number of coins bet on the particular payline.