Patent ID: 6869359
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming display for use in a gaming apparatus, comprising: a plurality of independently and randomly selected symbols disposed in a rectangular positional array of four rows and four columns of windows; a plurality of individually selectable straight paylines respectively intersecting four rows, four columns and two diagonals of four symbols displayed in the windows of said array, whereby the outcome of a gaming sequence using said display is a function of the symbols displayed along a selected one or more of said paylines; each symbol being comprised of a combination of a color and an alphanumeric character, whereby the outcome of a gaming sequence using said display is a function of the alternative selection of either a color or character symbol displayed in the windows along a selected one or more of said paylines; each window randomly selectively displaying one of thirty eight different character symbols; each window randomly displaying one of four different color symbols; and each window randomly displaying one of eighteen symbols of a first color, one of eighteen symbols of a second color, one of one symbol of a third color or one of one symbol of a fourth color.