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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Mark L. Yoseloff, Henderson, NV (US);
Russell B. Dunn, Henderson, NV (US);
Shuffle Master, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A video slot reel game is provided with a supply of symbols for the play of video gaming formats. The supply of symbols appears as an image of a continuous strip or continuous element of images in a virtual continuous loop or extended strip. For example, a continuous loop may contain 1000 symbols, the loop progresses through a first column in a video slot image (exposing the desired number of frames within the strip of the loop, for example, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 frames exposed for active play), the forward part of the strip of the loop is then returned to another column to expose the desired number of frames, and then the forward part of the loop is again returned to the video screen in still another column to expose another desired number of play active frames. This manner of providing the frames in a continuous (or at least extended) strip or loop provides both additional imagery and an opportunity for varying the probabilities of the game easily.