Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-10
2009-11-17
Hotaling, John M (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
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07618315
ABSTRACT:
A method of conducting a wagering game includes receiving a wager from a player for playing the wagering game. An array of symbol-bearing locations and at least one payline is displayed along a plurality of the symbol-bearing locations. The plurality of the symbol-bearing locations includes first and second non-adjacent outer locations. The method further includes evaluating symbols at the symbol-bearing locations along the payline for winning outcomes such that symbols at the first and second non-adjacent outer locations are evaluated in sequence.
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Jaffe Joel R.
Thomas Alfred
Hotaling John M
Nixon & Peabody LLP
Thomas Eric M
WMS Gaming Inc.
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