Patent ID: 6932702
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A slot machine game comprising: a display to display at least three reels and at least one pay line; a computer processor including a first data storing map data for each reel corresponding to game symbols and a second data structure storing data corresponding to winning symbol outcomes and awards, wherein each reel is a physical reel having a reel strip with a fixed number N symbols in a fixed order, said first data structure configured to have data address positions A, wherein A>N and where data in adjacent address positions A correspond with said symbol order on said reel strips; means for a player to input a wager to enable at least one pay line and prompt play of a game; said processor configured to, in response to prompting of play to randomly select from each reel map data symbols for each pay line and a trigger or non-trigger condition and to control said display to display the selections for each reel; said processor configured to compare said displayed game symbols on each enabled pay line to the data of said second data structure to determine the display of any winning symbol combinations and to issue an award for any designated winning symbol combination; said processor configured to determine for each enabled pay line the selection of a trigger condition and in response thereto re-configuring of at least one of (1) the second data structure winning combinations and/or (2) the award for at least one winning combination for a predetermined number of future games.