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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2014
King Show Games, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Bradley Berman, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Chad Shapiro, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jacob Lamb, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Adam Martin, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Jason Malkovich, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Bradley Cripe, St. Paul, MN (US);
Anand Hurkadli, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Other;
Abstract
Various embodiments concern a method for facilitating a gaming activity having specialty functionality comprising providing a grid formed by a plurality of elements and marking elements of the plurality with markings selected from a plurality of marking-types, the plurality of marking-types including a feature marking-type. A plurality of feature indicators can be positioned in the grid. Then, for each element of the plurality that is marked with the feature marking-type and positionally associated with a feature indicator of the plurality, the feature marking-type can be re-marked to a respective element of the plurality that is adjacent to the element marked with the feature marking-type and positionally associated with the feature indicator. An outcome can then be determined based on one or more combinations of the markings.