Granted Patent B2

US 9,208,646 · App. 13/654,793 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

Abstract

Claims (33)

1. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value;

a plurality of display areas;

one or more paylines formed on at least a portion of the plurality of display areas;

a memory, the memory including one or more wheel-based game play structures; and

a processor configured to determine a wager amount for a game play and to initiate game play based on the wager amount where the wager amount is subtracted from a credit balance, the credit balance being funded at least in part via the credit device, the processor configured to initiate the one or more wheel-based game play structures based on a triggering event and to implement a display of a wheel-based game play structure on at least a first display area of the plurality of display areas based on the triggering event where the wheel-based game play structure is a wheel presentation with one or more wheel speeds which are based on a product of a first magnitude of a first vector, a second magnitude of a second vector, and a cosine of an angle between the first vector and the second vector, the processor configured to determine a first payout based on the game play and to determine a second payout based on the wheel presentation, the processor configured to display at least one of the first payout and the second payout where the credit balance is increased by any determined award amounts associated with the first payout and the second payout;

wherein a first initiated wheel-based game has a first wheel speed based on a first friction data associated with the first initiated wheel-based game where the first friction data is modifiable by a player.

2. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more initiated wheel-based game play structures are further based on a first area related to the first vector.

3. The electronic gaming device of claim 2 , wherein the one or more initiated wheel-based game play structures are further based on a second area related to the second vector.

4. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more initiated wheel-based game play structures are further based on a contact with one or more wheel rings.

5. The electronic gaming device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to change the first wheel speed based on one or more wheel rings being utilized during wheel-based game play.

6. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine a prize based on one or more wheel positions.

7. The electronic gaming device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to display a third payout based on the prize.

8. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether more than one wheel-based game play structures should be initiated.

9. A method of providing gaming options via an electronic gaming device comprising:

receiving via a credit device an item associated with a monetary value;

establishing via one or more processors a credit balance based at least in part on the received item;

receiving via the one or more processors one or more wagers on one or more paylines where the one or more wagers are deducted from the credit balance;

determining via the one or more processors one or more triggering events;

displaying via the one or more processors one or more wheel-based game play structures; and

generating via the one or more processors a payout where the payout is added to the credit balance;

wherein one or more initiated wheel-based game play structures are wheel presentations with one or more wheel speeds which are based on a product of a first magnitude of a first vector, a second magnitude of a second vector, and a cosine of an angle between the first vector and the second vector;

wherein a first initiated wheel-based game has a first wheel speed based on a first starting contact area on a display where each starting contact area is where a player first touches the display;

wherein the first starting contact area is dependent on a first number of player's fingers utilized to touch the display;

wherein the first starting contact area has a first size based on the first number of player's fingers utilized to touch the display which causes the first wheel speed;

wherein a second initiated wheel-based game has a second wheel speed based on a second starting contact area where the second starting contact area has a second size based on a second number of player's fingers utilized to touch the display which causes the second wheel speed where the first wheel speed is different than the second wheel speed based on the first starting contact area being different than the second starting contact area.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising initiating the one or more initiated wheel-based game play structures based on a first area related to the first vector.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising initiating the one or more initiated wheel-based game play structures based on a second area related to the second vector.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising initiating the one or more initiated wheel-based game play structures based on a contact with one or more wheel rings.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising changing the first wheel speed based on one or more wheel rings being utilized during game play.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising determining whether more than one wheel-based game play structures should be initiated.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining a prize based on one or more wheel positions.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising displaying a prize payout based on the prize.

Assignments (10)