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Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2008
Applicants:

Michael O'connor, San Francisco, CA (US);

Anthony Prohl, Romeoville, IL (US);

Michael Sesterhenn, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Michael O'Connor, San Francisco, CA (US);

Anthony Prohl, Romeoville, IL (US);

Michael Sesterhenn, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

WMS Gaming Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A gaming system comprises a wager input device and a display for displaying a wallpaper, a plurality of symbols, and a plurality of symbol backgrounds. The symbols overly the symbol backgrounds, and the symbol backgrounds overly the wallpaper. The plurality of symbols represent a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game. The system further comprises a controller operative to increase a translucence of at least one of the symbol backgrounds to increase visibility of the wallpaper in response to a triggering event.


Find Patent Forward Citations

O'Connor, Michael. (2013). Gaming system having dynamically translucent symbol backgrounds (U.S. Patent No. 8376832). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8376832

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