Gaming machine having a game outcome determined by group association
View Patent ↗A method and apparatus for playing a wagering game with a winning game outcome determined by the selection of at least two groups from a plurality of groups. Each group having a plurality of possible game outcomes, with the possible game outcomes duplicated in some or all of the groups. The winning or selected game outcome is the game outcome associated with each of the selected groups. The selected game outcome may be determined by the intersection of the selected groups, or may be the game outcome that is common to each of the selected groups.
1. A gaming machine, comprising:
a wager acceptor for accepting a wager to initiate game play;
a central processor unit for randomly selecting a selected game outcome from a plurality of possible game outcomes, the plurality of possible game outcomes forming a plurality of groups, each of the plurality of possible game outcomes defined by two groups from the plurality of groups, each of the plurality of groups being associated with an identifier to designate each of the plurality of groups, the central processor unit further for determining the two groups defining the selected game outcome;
a selector mechanism in communication with the central processor unit, the selector mechanism displaying the identifier of each of the two groups defining the selected game outcome, the selector mechanism being a set of reels in a base game;
a display in communication with the central processor unit, the display for displaying each of the plurality of groups and the plurality of possible game outcomes in each of the plurality of groups; and
a payoff mechanism in communication with the central processor unit to make an award for the selected game outcome.
2. The gaming machine as described in claim 1 , wherein the selected game outcome is the intersection of the two groups on the display defining the selected game outcome.
3. The gaming machine as described in claim 1 , wherein the selected game outcome is common to the two groups defining the selected game outcome.
4. The gaming machine as described in claim 1 , wherein the selector mechanism sequentially displays the identifier of the two groups defining the selected game outcome.
5. The gaming machine as described in claim 1 , wherein the selector mechanism displays the identifier of the two groups defining the selected game outcome simultaneously.
6. The gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the award includes award values displayed in an award area bound by the two groups.