Slot Machine Game with User Selectable Themes
A slot machine method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to present a player with multiple themes simultaneously. A main window can display one screen of a slot machine game, while other windows can display derivative displays of the main window but with a transformation. The transformation can be merely visual or can also affect payouts.
1 . A method to play a slot machine game, the method comprising:
receiving a wager from a player;
spinning a first set of reels in a first window resulting in a first outcome and displaying a first award based on the first outcome;
spinning a second set of reels in a second window alongside the first window resulting in a second outcome and displaying a second award based on the second outcome; and
allowing the player to change the first set of reels to a third set of reels in the first window, and subsequently beginning a new game by receiving a second wager, spinning the third set of reels in the first window resulting in a third outcome and displaying a third award based on the third outcome.
2 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the allowing further comprises spinning the second set of reels in the second window simultaneously with spinning the third set of reels resulting in a fourth outcome and displaying a fourth award based on the fourth outcome.
3 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the allowing further comprising spinning a fourth set of reels in the second window simultaneously with spinning the third set of reels resulting in a fourth outcome and displaying a fourth award based on the fourth outcome, the fourth set of reels being different than the second set of reels.
4 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first award is determined based on a first paytable and the second award is determined based on a second paytable different from the first paytable.
5 . The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the third award is determined based on a third paytable and the fourth award is based on the second paytable.
6 . The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the second paytable is different from the third paytable.
7 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein all symbols in the second outcome are a respective counterpart symbol from the first outcome.
8 . The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein all symbols in the second outcome are a respective counterpart symbol from the first outcome.
9 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first award is determined based on a first paytable and the second award is determined based on the first paytable.
10 . The method as recited in claim 9 , wherein all symbols in the second outcome are a respective counterpart symbol from the first outcome.
11 . The method as recited in claim 9 , wherein the first set of reels comprises a first reel which comprises a first particular number of occurrences of a particular symbol, and the second set of reels comprises a second reel which comprises a second particular number of occurrences of the particular symbol, the first particular number being different than the second particular number.
12 . The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the first reel contains at least one of all of symbols present on the second reel.
13 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first set of reels is different than the second set of reels.
14 . The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the first set of reels is different than the second set of reels.
15 . A method to play a slot machine game, the method comprising:
receiving and resolving wagers for a first slot game using a first set of reels in a first window;
receiving and resolving wagers for a second slot game using a second set of reels in a second window; and
allowing the player to change the first set of reels in the first window to a third set of reels in the first window, the third set of reels being different than the first set of reels.
16 . The method as recited in claim 15 , wherein wagers are resolved in the first slot game using a first paytable and wagers are resolved in the second slot game using the first paytable.
17 . The method as recited in claim 15 , wherein wagers are resolved in the first slot game using a first paytable and wagers are resolved in the second slot game using a second paytable, the second paytable being different than the first paytable.
18 . The method as recited in claim 15 , wherein the second set of reels is different than the first set of reels.
19 . The method as recited in claim 17 , wherein the second set of reels is different than the first set of reels.
20 . A method to play a slot machine game, the method comprising:
receiving a wager from a player;
spinning a first set of reels in a first window resulting in a first outcome and displaying a first award based on the first outcome; and
spinning a second set of reels in a second window alongside the first window resulting in a second outcome and displaying a second award based on the second outcome,
wherein the first award is determined based on a first paytable and the second award is determined based on a second paytable different from the first paytable,
wherein all symbols in the second outcome are a respective counterpart symbol from the first outcome.
21 . The method as recited in claim 20 , wherein the second paytable is the first paytable with all payouts multiplied by a multiplier.
22 . A method to play a slot machine game, the method comprising:
receiving a wager from a player;
spinning a first set of reels in a first window resulting in a first outcome and displaying a first award based on the first outcome; and
spinning a second set of reels in a second window alongside the first window resulting in a second outcome and displaying a second award based on the second outcome,
wherein the first award is determined based on a first paytable and the second award is determined based on the first paytable,
wherein all symbols in the second outcome are a respective counterpart symbol from the first outcome.
23 . A method to play a slot machine game, the method comprising:
receiving a wager from a player;
spinning a first set of reels in a first window resulting in a first outcome and displaying a first award based on the first outcome; and
spinning a second set of reels in a second window alongside the first window resulting in a second outcome and displaying a second award based on the second outcome,
wherein the first award is determined based on a first paytable and the second award is determined based on a second paytable different from the first paytable,
wherein the second outcome is determined independently of the first outcome.
24 . The method as recited in claim 23 , wherein the second paytable is the first paytable with all payouts multiplied by a multiplier.
25 . A method to play a slot machine game, the method comprising:
receiving a wager from a player;
spinning a first set of reels in a first window resulting in a first outcome and displaying a first award based on the first outcome; and
spinning a second set of reels in a second window alongside the first window resulting in a second outcome and displaying a second award based on the second outcome,
wherein the first award is determined based on a first paytable and the second award is determined based on the first paytable,
wherein the second outcome is determined independently of the first outcome.