Electronic gaming device with reel-of-one functionality
View Patent ↗Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods for utilizing one or more reel-of-one symbol functionalities. The electronic gaming device may include a memory, a processor, and a plurality of reels. The plurality of reels may include one or more areas. The memory may include one or more reel-of-one functionality modules. The processor may generate one or more symbols to be located in the one or more areas and to generate one or more reel-of-one symbol groupings to be placed on one or more reels.
1. An electronic gaming device comprising:
a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value;
a user input device configured to enable a player to select a wager amount and initiate a game play where the wager amount is subtracted from a credit balance, the credit balance being funded at least in part via the credit device;
a plurality of reels, the plurality of reels including one or more areas, the plurality of reels including a first reel with displayed areas and non-displayed areas;
a memory, the memory including a reel-of-one functionality module;
a processor configured to generate one or more symbols to be located in the one or more areas, the processor configured to generate one or more reel-of-one symbol groups comprising a plurality of the same symbol in adjacent areas, the processor configured to place a first reel-of-one symbol group on the first reel, the processor configured to cause a portion of the symbols associated with the first reel to be displayed in the displayed areas and to generate a reel-of-one symbol payout when the reel-of-one symbols fill all of the displayed areas of the first reel, but not award a reel-of-one payout if the reel-of-one symbols are displayed in one or more, but not all, of the displayed areas of the first reel;
wherein any determined payout is added to the credit balance.
2. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate one or more payouts based on one or more locations of the one or more symbols which do not comprise reel-of-one symbols.
3. The electronic gaming device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate a plurality of one or more reel-of-one symbol groups comprising a plurality of the same symbol in adjacent areas and associate at least one reel-of-one symbol group with at least a first reel and a second reel of the plurality of reels and generate a reel-of-one payout corresponding to each reel which displays a reel-of-one symbol in each displayed area of the reel.
4. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the reel-of-one symbol groups comprise a stack of three or more of the same symbol in adjacent positions of the first reel.
5. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the reel-of-one payout comprises a reel jackpot.
6. The electronic gaming device of claim 5 , wherein a different jackpot is associated with each of the plurality of reels.
7. The electronic gaming device of claim 6 , wherein a first of the jackpots relates to the first reel.
8. The electronic gaming device of claim 6 , wherein the first reel jackpot is modified based on a completion of a bonus spin.
9. A method of providing game play 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 a wager button a wager amount on a play of a game, wherein the wager amount is deducted from the credit balance;
generating one or more symbols to be located in one or more positions of one or more reels;
generating one or more reel-of-one symbol groupings to be located on the one or more reels, each of the one or more reel-of-one symbol groupings comprising a plurality of the same symbol in adjacent positions;
placing a first reel-of-one symbol group on at least a first reel of the one or more reels;
displaying a plurality of positions of each of the one or more reels in a display area; and
generating a reel-of-one symbol payout when the reel-of-one symbols fill all of the positions in the display area corresponding to any one of the one or more reels and not awarding a reel-of-one payout if the reel-of-one symbols are displayed in some, but not all of the positions in the display area corresponding to any one of the one or more reels;
wherein any determined payout is added to the credit balance.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising generating one or more payouts based on one or more locations of the one or more symbols which do not comprise reel-of-one symbols.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the reel-of-one symbols groups comprise a stack of three or more of the same symbol in adjacent positions of at least the first reel.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the reel-of-one payout comprises a reel jackpot.
13. An electronic gaming system comprising:
a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value;
a user input device configured to enable a player to select a wager amount and initiate a game play, wherein the wager amount is subtracted from a credit balance funded at least in part via the credit device;
a server including a server processor and a server memory;
a display device including a plurality of reels, the plurality of reels including one or more areas, the plurality of reels including a first reel with displayed areas and non-displayed areas;
the server memory including one or more reel-of-one functionality modules;
the server processor configured to generate one or more symbols to be located in the one or more areas, the server processor configured to generate one or more reel-of-one symbol groups comprising a plurality of the same symbol in adjacent areas, the server processor configured to place a first reel-of-one symbol group on a first reel, the server processor configured to cause a portion of the symbols associated with the first reel to be displayed in the displayed areas and to generate a reel-of-one symbol payout when the reel-of-one symbols fill all of the displayed areas of the first reel, but not award a reel-of-one payout if the reel-of-one symbols are displayed in one or more, but not all, of the displayed areas of the first reel;
wherein any determined payout is added to the credit balance.
14. The electronic gaming system of claim 13 , wherein the server processor is further configured to generate one or more payouts based on one or more locations of the one or more symbols which do not comprise reel-of-one symbols.
15. The electronic gaming system of claim 13 , wherein the reel-of-one payout comprises a reel jackpot.
16. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate a second reel-of-one symbol group on a second reel.
17. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of reels are digital reels.
18. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the displayed areas of the first reel are visible to the player and the non-displayed areas of the first reel are invisible to the player.