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| Summary / Description | Published patent application which discloses payout based on 'transposed = mirror image = reverse order' of the symbols. |
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 20070218970 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Patel, Pravinkumar; Green, Anthony E.; Hein, Marvin A.; BALLY GAMING, INC. |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | [0074] |
| URL | http://www.freepatentsonline.co... |
| Filing Date | May 21, 2007 |
| Additional Information | |
| Notes | |
Excerpt [0074] In an optional embodiment, the payout scheme includes a transposed pay table, wherein the transposed pay table applies to symbol combinations that are in reverse order as compared to a standard pay table. That is, winning combinations are generally read from left to right. However, when using a transposed pay table, the winning symbol combinations are reversed such that the winning combinations are “read” right to left. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the standard table pays out coins for a “7*7” symbol combination as shown in display 12a. A transposed pay table would pay out for a “7*7” combination (not shown). |
A gaming system comprising: a display; a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols for display at a plurality of display positions on the display; a display modifier arranged to modify the displayed symbols such that after modification of the symbols the locations of the symbols in the display positions are a mirror image of the locations of the symbols before modification of the symbols; and an outcome evaluator arranged to determine whether symbol combinations defined by the displayed symbols after modification correspond to one or more winning outcomes.
| Relevance | See the Excerpt. Transposed (in prior art) = mirror image (in patent application). |
A gaming system as claimed in claim 1, comprising a prize allocator arranged to allocate a prize to a player when a symbol combination corresponds to a winning outcome.
| Relevance | See the Excerpt. |
A method of gaming comprising: selecting a plurality of symbols for display at a plurality of display positions; modifying the displayed symbols such that after modification of the symbols the locations of the symbols in the display positions are a mirror image of the locations of the symbols before modification of the symbols; and determining whether symbol combinations defined by the displayed symbols after modification correspond to one or more winning outcomes.
| Relevance | See the Excerpt. |
A method as claimed in claim 16, comprising allocating a prize to a player when a symbol combination corresponds to a winning outcome.
| Relevance | See the Excerpt. |
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