WO2005058444B1 - Gaming machine with extended payline & n-sided elements - Google Patents

Gaming machine with extended payline & n-sided elements

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WO2005058444B1
WO2005058444B1 PCT/AU2004/001767 AU2004001767W WO2005058444B1 WO 2005058444 B1 WO2005058444 B1 WO 2005058444B1 AU 2004001767 W AU2004001767 W AU 2004001767W WO 2005058444 B1 WO2005058444 B1 WO 2005058444B1
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Prior art keywords
gaming machine
payline
elements
extended
sides
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PCT/AU2004/001767
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French (fr)
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Inventor
Jason Quayle
Gerard Crosby
Toshiaki Shimizu
Osamu Yoshimi
Original Assignee
Konami Australia Pty Ltd
Jason Quayle
Gerard Crosby
Toshiaki Shimizu
Osamu Yoshimi
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Priority claimed from AU2003907048A external-priority patent/AU2003907048A0/en
Application filed by Konami Australia Pty Ltd, Jason Quayle, Gerard Crosby, Toshiaki Shimizu, Osamu Yoshimi filed Critical Konami Australia Pty Ltd
Priority to US10/583,210 priority Critical patent/US20080045300A1/en
Priority to AU2004298286A priority patent/AU2004298286B2/en
Publication of WO2005058444A1 publication Critical patent/WO2005058444A1/en
Publication of WO2005058444A8 publication Critical patent/WO2005058444A8/en
Publication of WO2005058444B1 publication Critical patent/WO2005058444B1/en

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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
    • G07F17/34—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

A gaming machine for the playing of a game of chance wherein an outcome of said game of chance is determined by a predefined one of a plurality of payline patterns of indicia displayed on a display means by a game control module; said payline patterns formed of a selection of elements of a matrix of columns and rows and wherein the number of said elements forming any one payline pattern is greater than the number of columns of said matrix.

Claims

28 AMENDED CLAIMS [received by the International Bureau on 22 June 2005 (22.06.05); new claims 44-47 added; remaining claims unchanged (1 page)]
40. The method of Claim 38 or 39 wherein said matrix of elements comprises elements bounded by N sides where N is an integer in the range l to 20.
41. The method of claim 40 wherein each of said sides is straight.
42. A gaming machine as substantially herein described and with reference to the accompanying drawings .
43. A method of playing a gaming machine as herein described with reference to the accopajnying drawings.
44. The gaming machine of any one of claims 1 to 28 wherein adjacent elements are staggered in a horizontal direction.
45. The gaming machine of claim 44 wherein each element of said adjacent elements is bounded by six sides.
46. The method of any one of claims 29 to 41 wherein adjacent elements are staggered in a horizontal direction.
47. The method of claim 46 wherein each element of said adjacent elements is bounded by six sides.
PCT/AU2004/001767 2003-12-19 2004-12-17 Gaming machine with extended payline & n-sided elements WO2005058444A1 (en)

Priority Applications (2)

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US10/583,210 US20080045300A1 (en) 2003-12-19 2004-12-17 Gaming Machine with Extended Payline and N-Sided Element
AU2004298286A AU2004298286B2 (en) 2003-12-19 2004-12-17 Gaming machine with extended payline and N-sided elements

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

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AU2003907048A AU2003907048A0 (en) 2003-12-19 Gaming Machine with Extended Payline
AU2003907048 2003-12-19
AU2004900881 2004-02-23
AU2004900881A AU2004900881A0 (en) 2004-02-23 Gaming Maching with Extended Payline & N-Sided Elements

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