Gaming machine with multi scatter game
View Patent ↗A gaming machine 10 has a display 14 and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display 14 . The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display means and, if a predefined winning event occurs, the machine awards a prize. The display 14 displays a plurality of spinning reels 18 , each reel 18 carrying symbols from a set of symbols. One of the symbols of the set is a scatter symbol and, in respect of at least one of the reels, the set comprises more than one occurrence of the scatter symbol. The scatter symbols on the at least one reel are arranged on the reel so that more than one scatter symbol is able to be displayed simultaneously when the reels are in a rest condition. When more than a minimum number of scatter symbols are displayed at any one time, all the displayed scatter symbols contribute to a single paying combination of the scatter symbols.
1. A gaming machine for playing a spinning reel game in which a player wagers a bet on a randomly determined outcome of the spinning reel game, comprising:
a display configured to display a plurality of spinning reels, each of the spinning reels carrying a plurality of symbols including a plurality of standard symbols and a plurality of scatter symbols, wherein the scatter symbols are displayable on each of the spinning reels such that up to three scatter symbols may be displayed together at any one time, the display being configured to display to a player of the gaming machine, on each spinning reel, at least three of the plurality of symbols in respective ones of a plurality of display positions when the spinning reels are in a rest condition, and the display being configured to display one or more paylines of symbols with respect to the plurality of display positions;
a wager selector in which the player selects the bet to be wagered on the randomly determined outcome of the spinning reel game played on the gaming machine, the wager selector being configured to accept the bet by the player on the one or more paylines; and
a game controller configured to cause the reels to spin and then come to rest to define the randomly determined outcome, and to cause an award of a prize if, on each spinning reel, all of the at least three of the plurality of symbols in the respective ones of the plurality of display positions display a scatter symbol when the spinning reels are in the rest condition.
2. The gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the display comprises a video display unit and the display of the spinning reels is constituted by a video simulation of spinning reels.
3. The gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the game controller is further configured to cause an award of a prize if the randomly determined outcome comprises a winning combination of standard symbols that are aligned with a payline of the one or more paylines.
4. A gaming machine comprising:
a display configured to display a plurality of spinning reels of a spinning reel game, each of the spinning reels comprising a plurality of symbols including a plurality of standard symbols and a plurality of scatter symbols, wherein the scatter symbols are displayable on each of the spinning reels such that up to three scatter symbols may be displayed together at any one time, the display being configured to display to a player of the gaming machine, on each spinning reel, at least three of the plurality of symbols in respective ones of a plurality of display positions when the spinning reels are in a rest condition;
a wager selector configured to accept a bet by the player on a randomly determined outcome of the spinning reel game;
a game controller configured to cause the spinning reels to spin and then come to rest to define the randomly determined outcome, and to cause an award of a prize if, on each spinning reel, all of the at least three of the plurality of symbols in the respective ones of the plurality of display positions display a scatter symbol when the spinning reels are in the rest condition.
5. The gaming machine of claim 4 , wherein the display comprises a video display unit and the display of the spinning reels is constituted by a video simulation of spinning reels.
6. The gaming machine of claim 4 , wherein the game controller is further configured to cause an award of a prize if the randomly determined outcome comprises a winning combination of standard symbols that are aligned with a payline of the gaming machine.