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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Mtd Gaming, Inc., Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Inventor:
Michael T. Tessmer, Bozeman, MT (US);
Assignee:
MTD Gaming, Inc., Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gaming method for adding a bonus feature to a main game comprising: providing a display screen comprised of cells arranged in rows and columns; providing a plurality of paylines, each payline comprising one cell from a plurality of columns; automatically and randomly selecting a multiplier value from among a plurality of multiplier values; automatically and randomly applying the selected multiplier value to a limited number of paylines to create one or more selected multiplier paylines; and displaying the multiplier value and the selected multiplier payline(s) to the user on the display screen.