Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-21
2006-02-21
Jones, Scott (Department: 3713)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
C273S14300R
Reexamination Certificate
active
07001274
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a gaming device having unisymbol display reels, wherein each symbol on a display of the gaming device represents or is included on a different reel. The present invention structures the paylines of the gaming device in such that the gaming device can include different reel strips having different winning symbols or different proportions of winning symbols, while still maintaining payout symbols and payout combinations that have uniform odds and uniform payouts.
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Jones Scott
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