Patent ID: 6551187
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: G07F,Y10T

Abstract:
A gaming machine controlled by a processor in response to a wager, comprising:a basic game including a plurality of symbols randomly placed in a viewable display area relative to at least one pay line, the basic game awarding a basic game payout for any winning symbol combinations along the pay line, the basic game including a start-bonus outcome; and a bonus game triggered by the start-bonus outcome, the bonus game including a special indicator progressively moved to and stopped at one or more of the symbols in the viewable display area; wherein for each symbol where the special indicator stops, the bonus game awards a bonus game payout for a winning scatter combination formed with the symbol regardless of whether the winning scatter combination is along the pay line; and wherein the symbols in the viewable display area are arranged in a rectangular array of rows and columns, and the winning scatter combination in the bonus game excludes symbols in the columns of the array to the right of the special indicator.