Patent ID: 6159096
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A method of configuring a reel-slot gaming device to randomly generate game outcomes, comprising the steps of:selecting a set of game symbols;assigning a probability of occurrence to each game symbol;selecting a plurality of outcome templates, each template defining at least one combination of X variables, wherein X is a positive integer greater than 1;selecting a probability of occurrence for each outcome template, wherein at least one template produces at least one game outcome having a probability of occurrence which is different from the probability of occurrence of an outcome of those same symbols and game symbol probabilities based on random occurrence;assigning a subset of game symbols from the set of game symbols to each template for defining outcomes for each variable;defining payouts for selected outcomes; andconfiguring a reel-slot gaming device having X reels, which randomly selects an outcome template, randomly selects a symbol from the subset of game symbols assigned to the selected template to fill each variable in the template, fills at least a portion of the template randomly with the selected symbols and displays the selected symbols on a pay line.