Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-23
2011-08-23
Laneau, Ronald (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
active
08002628
ABSTRACT:
Gaming machines, systems and methods that present reel-based games are disclosed. Reel symbols can move or appear to move from one gaming reel to another gaming reel. Such reel symbols may include lenticular images, such as those that are implemented onto a medium via a lenticular process, whereby the medium is then applied to various gaming machine reels so that a viewer can perceive effects such as motion and depth. The medium can be a multi-image sheet containing regions of overlapping images where different images are visually predominant at different viewing angles, and the movable base can comprise a gaming reel. Multiple gaming reels can be used, and can be adapted to rotate in any direction.
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Murray Keith S.
Spoor Gene A.
Tedsen Kirk A.
IGT
Laneau Ronald
Weaver Austin Villeneuve and Sampson LLP
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