(19)
(11) EP 0 984 408 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.02.2002 Bulletin 2002/06

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/10

(21) Application number: 99402158.2

(22) Date of filing: 31.08.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07F 17/32
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 02.09.1998 US 145599

(71) Applicant: WMS GAMING, INC.
Chicago, Illinois 60618 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Slomiany, Scott
    Streamwood, Illinois 60107 (US)
  • Sylla, Craig
    Round Lake, Illinois 60073 (US)

(74) Representative: Loisel, Bertrand 
Cabinet Plasseraud, 84, rue d'Amsterdam
75440 Paris Cédex 09
75440 Paris Cédex 09 (FR)

   


(54) Slot machine with pattern-driven award feature


(57) A pattern-based award system for a slot machine. In one embodiment, a basic payoff is made if a symbol group displayed on the slot machine includes a basic winning combination and a supplemental payoff is made if the basic winning combination matches a target pattern. In another embodiment, an enhanced payoff is made if the symbol group displayed on the slot machine includes a basic winning combination which matches a target pattern; otherwise, a basic payoff is made if the symbol group includes a basic winning combination which does not match the target pattern. The basic payoff in each embodiment comprises a predefined amount of coin(s) or credit(s) or a randomly selected mystery amount. The supplemental or enhanced payoff is the product of the basic payoff amount and a randomly selected mystery multiplier.






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