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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
David C. Williams, Carson City, NV (US);
John Leagh Beadell, Sparks, NV (US);
Joseph Randy Hedrick, Carson City, NV (US);
Kurt M. Larsen, Reno, NV (US);
Nicholas B. Mayne, Reno, NV (US);
Kay D. Vetter, Reno, NV (US);
David C. Williams, Carson City, NV (US);
John Leagh Beadell, Sparks, NV (US);
Joseph Randy Hedrick, Carson City, NV (US);
Kurt M. Larsen, Reno, NV (US);
Nicholas B. Mayne, Reno, NV (US);
Kay D. Vetter, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Gaming machines, systems and methods for providing more realistic emulations of rotating reels are disclosed. Gaming machines include an exterior housing, master gaming controller, display device, speakers and virtual reels. A reel spin timer can be adapted to vary the spin times of the simulated rotating reels from one game play to another, and a reel sound generator can be adapted to provide reel sounds to one or more speakers with respect to the simulated rotating reels. Provided reel sounds can also vary from one game play to another, and both reel spin times and reel sounds can be selected randomly from stored values or files. Stored values or files can include samplings from actual physical reels. A remote host can provide downloadable reel spin times and reel sounds to gaming machines within an associated gaming system.