Patent ID: 9317992
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming machine for use with a game of a spinning of a plurality of game reels, the gaming machine comprising: a credit input mechanism configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity; a primary display configured to display a spinning of each of said plurality of game reels, in accord with having established the credit balance via the credit input mechanism receiving the physical item; a secondary display configured to display a scorecard that identifies (1) a plurality of prize winning symbol combinations of a plurality of symbols as a plurality of prize reels being randomly spun to display at least one of said symbols and forming prize winning symbol combinations, and (2) a plurality of respective prizes associated with each said prize winning symbol combination as a number of prize value reels being randomly spun to display one of a plurality of digits and to identify prizes to be paid in accordance with a matching prize winning symbol combination of said game reels; and a controller configured to spin said plurality of game reels and said number of prize reels and to stop concurrently such that both the at least one prize winning combination and the respective prize associated with said at least one prize winning combination are unknown until said plurality of prize reels stop spinning; and a payout mechanism configured to make payouts; and wherein said controller is configured to decrease said credit balance based on said payouts and to increase said credit balance based on a win of the respective prize associated with said prize winning combination.