Gaming system and method with matching image game feature
View Patent ↗Gaming systems and methods for providing a game and/or game feature in which images are divided in parts to form symbols or symbol parts, with the symbol parts being included in separate reels or groups from which they are randomly selected for display on a game screen, such as an array or grid formed by rows and columns. A winning or award outcome is determined based on the random game results displaying a completed image formed of the randomly displayed matching symbol parts.
1. A gaming system, comprising:
a housing;
at least one display device supported by the housing;
one or more input devices, wherein at least one of the one or more input devices is a payment device comprising a ticket acceptor;
at least one processor;
a random number generator;
and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to communicate with the at least one display device, the random number generator and the one or more input devices to:
a) establish a credit balance through detection of a ticket associated with a credit amount received through the one or more input devices;
b) receive a wager through an interaction with the one or more input devices to initiate play of a wagering game, the wager being associated with a credit amount and the credit balance being decreasable by the credit amount of the wager;
c) randomly display on the at least one display device supported by the housing an outcome of an instance of play of the wagering game, wherein the displayed game outcome includes a depiction on the at least one display device of an array formed by at least one row and two columns defining adjacent first and second cells, the first cell having a first half image of a plurality of first half images stored in the memory device, the first half image being randomly selected by the at least one processor in communication with the random number generator for display in the first cell, the second cell having a second half image of a plurality of second half images stored in the memory device being randomly selected by the at least one processor in communication with the random number generator for display in the second cell, wherein each first half image of the plurality of first half images stored in the memory device includes at least one second half image of the plurality of second half images stored in the memory device defined by the at least one processor as being a matching half image, wherein the matching first and second half images form a complete image, the complete image formed being one of non-matching images of a currency or matching images of a currency, the complete image formed of matching images of a currency identifying a credit award;
d) determine an award outcome based on the complete image formed of matching images of a currency in the displayed outcome of the instance of the wagering game, wherein the award outcome is equal to the credit award identified by the complete image formed of matching images; and
e) responsive to the determination of the award outcome, increasing the credit balance by the determined credit award.