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US 8,277,301 · App. 12/042,096 · Granted Oct 2, 2012

Method and a system for a multidimensional game

Assignee: North Carolina Education Lottery
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,277,301
App. No.
12/042,096
Granted
Oct 2, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, a system and a computer program for a feature game of a multidimensional grid to be used together with a base game. A player may play an initial base game and elect to play the feature game. The player may be provided with a ticket that becomes a winning ticket if some or all of the characters in the multidimensional grid adjoin so as to produce a winning line of horizontal, vertical or diagonal matching characters with a winning set of characters. More than one winning line is possible on each game ticket, producing multiple ways of winning on a single game ticket.

Claims (15)

1. A system for executing a game of chance comprising a multidimensional grid that includes a plurality of characters, said system comprising:

a grid generator configured to generate a grid comprising a plurality of cells, each of the cells being populated by a character randomly selected from a set of characters;

a repetition frequency determiner configured to determine a repetition frequency for each character in the grid;

a repetition frequency comparator configured to compare the determined repetition frequency to a repetition frequency threshold;

a grid processor configured to process the grid on a basis of a result of the comparison of the determined repetition frequency to the repetition frequency threshold;

a winning combination determiner configured to determine all possible winning combinations of the plurality of cells in the grid;

a win combination comparator configured to compare said all possible winning combinations of the plurality of cells in the grid to each of the plurality of grids in to storage;

a win number determiner configured to determine a number of wins for the grid on a basis of a result of the win combination comparator; and

a win number processor configured to process the grid on a basis of the determined number of wins.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the win number processor comprises:

a win number comparator configured to compare the number of wins to a predetermined win number;

a tagger configured to tag the grid on a basis of a result of the win number comparator;

a retagger configured to retag at least one stored grid on the basis of the result of the win number comparator; the system further comprising:

a grid selector configured to select a grid from the plurality of stored grids; and

a game ticket reproducer configured to reproduce the selected grid on a game ticket.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2008
From: SPANGLER, BENJAMIN
To: NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY
Reel/Frame 020726/0633 →
Continuity (1)
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