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Patent No.:

US 8439743 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2011
Applicants:

David B. Schultz, Henderson, NV (US);

Nathanial A. Hammond, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Dominic Tiberio, Henderson, NV (US);

Michael L. Shackelford, Henderson, NV (US);

Inventors:

David B. Schultz, Henderson, NV (US);

Nathanial A. Hammond, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Dominic Tiberio, Henderson, NV (US);

Michael L. Shackelford, Henderson, NV (US);

Assignee:

Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);

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

A gaming machine is disclosed having indicia of a plurality of spinning reels in a first set of reels and indicia of a plurality of spinning reels in a second set of reels. A determination is made as to whether the outcomes of the indicia of the plurality of spinning reels in the first and second sets of reels are winning outcomes. Award-multiplier indicia of a first shared spinning base game award-multiplier reel is positioned between the first and second set of reels. The first set of reels, second set of reels, and the base game award-multiplier reel form a contiguous set of reels having a common axis of rotation. The base game award-multiplier indicia modifies the winning outcome on the first set of reels, modifies the winning outcome on the second set of reels, includes a secondary game trigger symbol, or combinations thereof.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Schultz, David. (2013). Gaming device having one or more shared award-modifier reels (U.S. Patent No. 8439743). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8439743

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