Patent ID: 9666033
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. An electronic slot machine apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a video screen; a bill acceptor; a processor connected to the video screen and configured to read computer readable instructions, the instructions programmed to cause the processor to: receive cash from the bill acceptor; display a grid comprising X columns of Y rows of symbols, the grid comprising a first row and an adjacent second row and a first column and an adjacent second column; maintain both a horizontal reel set and a vertical reel set, the horizontal reel set intersects the vertical reel set, wherein the grid corresponds to only a subset of the horizontal reel set and the vertical reel set so that not all symbols on the horizontal reel set are displayed on the grid at once and not all symbols on the vertical reel set are displayed on the grid at once; wherein the first row intersects both the first column and the second column and the second row intersects both the first column and the second column; receive a first wager; spin and stop the first column, wherein symbols on the first column that intersect with the first row and the second row move along with the first column; award any earned payout based on the first wager based on displayed symbols; after the spin and stop the first column, receive a second wager; spin and stop the first row, wherein symbols on the first row that intersect with the first column and the second column move along with the first row; and award any earned payout based on the second wager based on displayed symbols, wherein at least one symbol has moved on both the horizontal reel set and the vertical reel set, wherein the spin and stop the first column and the spin and stop the first row use a random number generator to determine where to stop.