公开(公告)号：US20130267302A1

公开(公告)日：2013-10-10

申请号：US13911743

申请日：2013-06-06

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Brian F. Saunders ,  Scott A. Caputo

IPC: G07F17/34

CPC classification number: G07F17/3213 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3209 ,  G07F17/3211 ,  G07F17/3267 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: A gaming system including a cascading symbol game which utilizes a plurality of adjacent symbol display position grids arranged at different depths. The multiple symbol display position grids at different depths provides that one or more of the symbols of at least a first symbol display position grid at a first depth are displayed to a player while one or more of the symbols of at least a second symbol display position grid at a second depth are not displayed to the player. When one or more symbols are removed from the first symbol display position grid at the first depth, before and/or after shifting the remaining displayed symbols from the first symbol display position grid into created empty symbol display positions of the first symbol display position grid, one or more symbols from the second symbol display position grid at the second depth become exposed.

公开(公告)号：US20130225258A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-29

申请号：US13855344

申请日：2013-04-02

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Scott A. Caputo ,  Mark C. Nicely ,  Ryan M. Griffin

IPC: G07F17/34

CPC classification number: G07F17/34 ,  G07F17/3244 ,  G07F17/3267

Abstract: A gaming device provides a free spins game wherein a plurality of modifiers are each associated with one of a plurality of paylines. During the free spins game, each modifier modifies awards won on the particular payline with which it is associated. In one embodiment, the payline multipliers increase in each of the free spins depending on whether a given payline scores a win or not in the free spin.

公开(公告)号：US10825285B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-03

申请号：US15395473

申请日：2016-12-30

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Scott A. Caputo ,  Leandro Basallo ,  Jon M. Leupp

IPC: G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34 ,  G07F17/42

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a slot game including a symbol generator modification event. In various embodiments, the gaming system is configured to provide a slot game, each play of which employs a subset of a plurality of symbol generators. If a symbol generator modification event occurs in association with a first play that employs a first subset of the symbol generators, the gaming system removes one of the symbol generators from the first subset and adds another one of the plurality of symbol generators to the first subset to form a second subset, and employs the second subset for a second play. The gaming system removes and adds the symbol generators to form the second subset such that the average expected payback percentage of the second play is greater than the average expected payback percentage of the first play.

公开(公告)号：US20200074784A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16115072

申请日：2018-08-28

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Scott A. Caputo

IPC: G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for accumulating designated symbols, wherein the form of the designated symbols accumulated as well as the quantity of designated symbols accumulated determine whether to activate a feature in one or more plays of a first game or trigger a secondary event, such as a win of a progressive award.

公开(公告)号：US10546449B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-28

申请号：US15265412

申请日：2016-09-14

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Scott A. Caputo ,  Mark C. Nicely ,  Brian F. Saunders ,  Colin M. Ferris ,  Leandro Basallo

IPC: G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: A gaming system including a cascading symbol or tumbling reel game which utilizes zero, one or more upgrades in association with zero, one or more shifting symbols. Upon an occurrence of an upgrade event, the gaming system upgrades one or more aspects or attributes of one or more games played. In certain embodiments, such upgrades pertain to upgrading one or more symbols displayed at one or more symbol display positions of one or more symbol display position grids. In certain other embodiments, such upgrades pertain to upgrading the award evaluation of one or more symbols displayed at one or more symbol display positions of one or more symbol display position grids. In certain other embodiments, such upgrades pertain to upgrading one or more attributes or features of one or more bonus or secondary games which are subsequently triggered.

公开(公告)号：US10366570B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US15477897

申请日：2017-04-03

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Scott A. Caputo ,  Ernest M. Lafky ,  Brian F. Saunders ,  Jon M. Leupp

IPC: G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: A gaming system which includes a game sequence, such as a free game sequence, which enables a player to selectively apply modifiers after viewing the results of games. For a game associated with an available modifier, following the display of the results of that game, the gaming system enables the player to either utilize the available modifier for that game or accumulate another modifier to be potentially utilized for another game. If the player selects to utilize the available modifier, the gaming system modifies one or more aspects of the play of the game to result in a modified game outcome and/or a modified game award. If the player selects to not utilize the available modifier, the gaming system accumulates another modifier for the player, wherein the other modifier may or may not be subsequently utilized by the player to modify any designated aspects of a subsequent play of the game.

公开(公告)号：US10096208B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-09

申请号：US15383225

申请日：2016-12-19

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Scott A. Caputo ,  Mark C. Nicely

IPC: G07F17/32

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method for permanently increasing the average expected payback percentage of a game for a player. The gaming system is configured to operate a game associated with one or more designated point thresholds, each of which is associated with a quantity of points. The gaming system maintains a point balance for the player for the game. Upon an occurrence of a point accumulation event, the gaming system adds a quantity of points to the player's point balance for the game. When the player's point balance for the game reaches one of the designated point thresholds, the gaming system permanently modifies a feature of the game and/or adds a new feature to the game. In various embodiments, the modification to the feature and/or the new feature permanently increases the average expected payback percentage for the game for that player.

公开(公告)号：US10096199B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-09

申请号：US14742118

申请日：2015-06-17

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Scott A. Caputo ,  Mark C. Nicely ,  Bryan D. Wolf ,  Kelsy J. Grace ,  Anthony J. Baerlocher

IPC: A63F9/00 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: Gaming systems and methods providing a community selection game providing bonus game selection. In one embodiment, for each gaming device in the gaming system, when a triggering event occurs, the gaming system provides a player of that gaming device with a player identifier that uniquely identifies that player. The community selection game includes a plurality of bonus game identifiers each identifying a bonus game. The bonus game identifiers each include a limited quantity of bonus game player identifier display areas. The gaming system enables the players to place earned or received player identifiers at the bonus game player identifier display areas. When each bonus game player identifier display area of one of the displayed bonus game identifiers displays a player identifier, the players associated with those player identifiers are provided with one or more plays of the bonus game identified by that bonus game identifier.

公开(公告)号：US09905083B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-27

申请号：US15247365

申请日：2016-08-25

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Scott A. Caputo ,  Ernest M. Lafky ,  Mark C. Nicely

IPC: A63F9/24 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

CPC classification number: G07F17/3295 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3209 ,  G07F17/3213 ,  G07F17/3244 ,  G07F17/3267 ,  G07F17/3272 ,  G07F17/3276 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: In various embodiments, the gaming system, gaming device, and gaming method disclosed herein provides a community game having a trail or path. The community game enables a plurality of players to each simultaneously pick one or more directions of movement along the trail or path (i.e., pick or designate a destination position which that player wants to move to). If the picked directions of movement for more than one player result in more than one player each designating the same destination position, the gaming system determines which player is moved to the designated destination position (and is provided a displayed award or outcome associated with that position) and which player is moved to an alternative position (and is provided a displayed award or outcome associated with that alternative position).

公开(公告)号：US09875603B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-23

申请号：US15155684

申请日：2016-05-16

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Prashant Arora ,  Leandro Basallo ,  Scott A. Caputo ,  Timothy L. Isaacson

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

CPC classification number: G07F17/3213 ,  G07F17/3258 ,  G07F17/3267 ,  G07F17/3276 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a multiplay game with resultant symbols. The game is associated with a plurality of reel sets each including a plurality of reels. Each reel is associated with one or more symbol display areas. For each reel set, each symbol display area associated with a reel of that reel set is associated with a symbol display area associated with one of the reels of each other reel set. The gaming system independently generates and displays certain of the symbols on the reels of the respective reel sets at the corresponding symbol display areas. If associated symbol display areas display symbols having a designated relationship with one another, the gaming system forms a resultant symbol from those symbols. The gaming system determines any awards based on the resultant symbols and not based on any non-resultant symbols.