WO2004077368A3 - Method and apparatus for setting game parameters - Google Patents

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WO2004077368A3
WO2004077368A3 PCT/US2004/005090 US2004005090W WO2004077368A3 WO 2004077368 A3 WO2004077368 A3 WO 2004077368A3 US 2004005090 W US2004005090 W US 2004005090W WO 2004077368 A3 WO2004077368 A3 WO 2004077368A3
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Jay S Walker
James A Jorasch
V Maximillian Garcia
Geoffrey M Gelman
Daniel E Tedesco
Steven M Santisi
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Jay S Walker
James A Jorasch
V Maximillian Garcia
Geoffrey M Gelman
Daniel E Tedesco
Steven M Santisi
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3225—Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
    • G07F17/323—Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements

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The present invention allows gaming devices to set or modify game parameters through the use of random events such as spinning slot machine reels or random number generators. In some embodiments, game parameters may be established with various initial values, and then, by spinning the gaming devices' reels, for example, random reel values lining up on the payline may be used as new game parameter values. Parameter values may be used to control or initialize almost any aspect of the gaming device play experience, ranging from the types of symbols seen on the reels, to the appearance or behavior of game characters, to the rate at which 'complementary' points are awarded.
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