Casino game with next round multipliers
View Patent ↗A player plays a first round of a casino slot machine game. If the player achieves a winning outcome on the first round of play, the payouts for the next round of play of the casino game will be increased. The amount of the increase is based on the category of the winning outcome on the first round of play. Each subsequent round of play continues to have increased payouts if the player continues to achieve winning outcomes. When the player has a losing outcome, the payouts revert to the base level. An extra wager may be required from the player to activate this feature during the play of the casino game.
1. A method of playing a slot machine game that uses a slot machine having at least one pay line and at least two reels, each reel having a plurality of symbols thereon, and the method including applying a pay line multiplier on a next round of play based on a winning symbol combination appearing on a pay line of the slot machine during a first round of play comprising:
a) establishing a plurality of winning symbol combinations that are used in the slot machine game;
b) establishing a pay table that associates an award with each winning symbol combination category;
c) on the first round of play, providing a multiplier table that is used to determine the pay line multiplier that is used on the next round of play;
d) the multiplier table having a multiplier associated with each winning symbol combination category;
e) randomly selecting and displaying to a player a symbol on each reel on each pay line;
f) determining when a winning symbol combination appears on each pay line;
g) when a winning symbol combination appears on a pay line, providing the player an award from the pay table and also determining from the multiplier table the multiplier that is used on a next round of play; and
h) playing the next round of play using the multiplier determined in the first round of play, the multiplier being applied to each pay line.
2. The method of claim 1 including:
a) a player making a first wager on the at least first pay line;
b) paying the player a preestablished award based on the first wager if the winning symbols of the first pay line comprise a predetermined symbol combination category of the pay table.
3. The method of claim 1 in which the award is modified by using a multiplier.
4. The method of claim 3 in which the player makes a wager to be eligible for the multiplier.
5. The method of claim 1 in which the player makes a wager to be eligible for the multiplier.