Granted Patent B2

US 12,260,708 · App. 18/436,840 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Inventors: Jayme Dale Sevigny (Nashville, TN); David Robert Marsh (Charlottesville, VA)

Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited

G07F17/3267G06Q50/34G07F17/3211G07F17/3258G07F17/34

Abstract

Claims (40)

1. An electronic gaming device comprising:

at least one display device;

at least one memory with instructions stored thereon; and

at least one processor in communication with the at least one display device and the at least one memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

determine a plurality of subsets of output amounts associated with a total output amount for an electronic game, wherein a first subset of the plurality of subsets comprises a plurality of different output amounts, and wherein a second subset of the plurality of subsets comprises a plurality of equal output amounts;

cause display, on the at least one display device, of first reel spins associated with the plurality of different output amounts in order of increasing output amount, wherein the first reel spins are displayed with a first screen color of the at least one display device; and

cause display, on the at least one display device, of second reel spins associated with the plurality of equal output amounts, wherein the second reel spins are displayed with a second screen color of the at least one display device.

2. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of equal output amounts comprise replays of an output amount of the plurality of different output amounts that match the output amount of the plurality of different output amounts.

3. The electronic gaming device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to cause display of a numerical indicium that increases with each reel spin of the second reel spins.

4. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein a sum of the plurality of different output amounts and the plurality of equal output amounts is the total output amount.

5. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to determine the plurality of subsets of output amounts based at least in part upon one or more messages received from a server and associated with the total output amount.

6. The electronic gaming device of claim 5 , wherein the electronic game is a bingo game, and wherein the one or more messages are associated with the total output amount by comprising a bingo number listing.

7. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

cause display of a first reel spin of the first reel spins, the first reel spin associated with a first output amount of the plurality of different output amounts;

after the first reel spin, cause display of a second reel spin of the first reel spins, the second reel spin associated with a second output amount of the plurality of different output amounts, wherein the second output amount is greater than the first output amount; and

after the second reel spin, cause display of the second reel spins, wherein each of the second reel spins are associated with the second output amount.

8. The electronic gaming device of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to, after the second reel spins, cause display of remaining reel spins of the first reel spins.

9. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

determine a plurality of subsets of output amounts associated with a total output amount for an electronic game, wherein a first subset of the plurality of subsets comprises a plurality of different output amounts, and wherein a second subset of the plurality of subsets comprises a plurality of equal output amounts;

cause display of first reel spins associated with the plurality of different output amounts in order of increasing output amount, wherein the first reel spins are displayed with a first screen color; and

cause display of second reel spins associated with the plurality of equal output amounts, wherein the second reel spins are displayed with a second screen color.

10. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of equal output amounts comprise replays of an output amount of the plurality of different output amounts that match the output amount of the plurality of different output amounts.

11. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to cause display of a numerical indicium that increases with each reel spin of the second reel spins.

12. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein a sum of the plurality of different output amounts and the plurality of equal output amounts is the total output amount.

13. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to determine the plurality of subsets of output amounts based at least in part upon one or more messages received from a server and associated with the total output amount.

14. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the electronic game is a bingo game, and wherein the one or more messages are associated with the total output amount by comprising a bingo number listing.

15. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

cause display of a first reel spin of the first reel spins, the first reel spin associated with a first output amount of the plurality of different output amounts;

after the first reel spin, cause display of a second reel spin of the first reel spins, the second reel spin associated with a second output amount of the plurality of different output amounts, wherein the second output amount is greater than the first output amount; and

after the second reel spin, cause display of the second reel spins, wherein each of the second reel spins are associated with the second output amount.

16. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to, after the second reel spins, cause display of remaining reel spins of the first reel spins.

17. An electronic gaming system comprising:

at least one memory with instructions stored thereon; and

at least one processor in communication with the at least one memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

cause a plurality of subsets of output amounts associated with a total output amount for an electronic game to be determined, wherein a first subset of the plurality of subsets comprises a plurality of different output amounts, and wherein a second subset of the plurality of subsets comprises a plurality of equal output amounts;

cause first reel spins associated with the plurality of different output amounts to be displayed in order of increasing output amount, wherein the first reel spins are displayed with a first screen color; and

cause second reel spins associated with the plurality of equal output amounts to be displayed, wherein the second reel spins are displayed with a second screen color.

18. The electronic gaming system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to cause the plurality of subsets to be determined by transmitting one or more messages associated with the total output amount to an electronic gaming device where the plurality of subsets are determined.

19. The electronic gaming system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to at least one of cause the first reel spins to be displayed or cause the second reel spins to be displayed by transmitting one or more messages to an electronic gaming device where the electronic game is displayed.

20. The electronic gaming system of claim 19 , wherein the electronic game is a bingo game, and wherein the one or more messages are associated with a ball call for the bingo game.

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