Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gaming method and apparatus using cluster based awards
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Application No.: US17201137Application Date: 2021-03-15
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Publication No.: US11468746B2Publication Date: 2022-10-11
- Inventor: Ryan Paul Hawkins , Yanis Tsombanidis , Stephanie Johns , Robert Honeycutt
- Applicant: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
- Applicant Address: AU North Ryde
- Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
- Current Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
- Current Assignee Address: AU North Ryde
- Agency: McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Priority: AU2014903909 20140929
- Main IPC: G07F17/34
- IPC: G07F17/34 ; G07F17/32

Abstract:
The present invention relates to gaming machines, systems and methods of gaming. There are a number of different ways available for determining an award by current gaming machines and systems. In this embodiment, a game controller is arranged to determine an award depending on the number of columns spanned by a cluster of symbols and the number of symbol positions in the cluster.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210201629A1 GAMING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING CLUSTER BASED AWARDS Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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