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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2013
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde, AU;
Paul Francis Jason Bramble, Artarmon, AU;
Brett Mezen, Holsworthy, AU;
ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, North Ryde, AU;
Abstract
A gaming machine for providing a game in which a plurality of symbols are selected and displayed in an array of symbol positions on a display, each symbol position associated with one or more of a plurality of regions and each region of the plurality of regions associated with a region specific award. The gaming machine comprises a user interface in communication with a game controller. If a winning combination of symbols occurs such that at least one of the symbols of the winning combination of symbols is displayed in a symbol position associated with a first region of said plurality of regions, the region specific award associated with the first region is awarded. If the same winning combination of symbols occurs such that at least one of the symbols of the winning combination of symbols is displayed in a symbol position associated with a second region of said plurality of regions, the region specific award associated with the second region is awarded.