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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Multimedia Games, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
William Garretsen, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Brian Watkins, Austin, TX (US);
Clint Owen, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Multimedia Games, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gaming system, apparatus, and method are disclosed including a game feature with one or more symbol selection gamepieces, preferably presented as a graphical 'Eye of the Pharaoh,' which, when activated, causes a moving graphical effect to sequentially select various symbols in the gaming array. An interactive player input or a timeout may end the sequential selections, after which the symbol selection gamepiece selects a final selected symbol, on which is based a special award. Perceived-skill and actual-skill versions are disclosed.