Game machine having a plurality of ways for a user to obtain payouts based on the appearance of any and all symbol matrix

Abstract

A wagering game of chance comprising: an input establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity; a memory device having computer-executable instructions stored thereon; and a processor, which upon executing the computer-executable instructions, is configured to: accept a wager, the wager amount decreasing the credit balance; use a random number generator to select and display a portion of each of a plurality of reels on a display, the plurality of reels comprising symbols thereon, wherein a plurality of the symbols further include a display number; determine the quantity of each symbol displayed on any one of the portions of the plurality of reels on the display device; in response to at least a predetermined quantity of a symbol being displayed on any displayed portions of the plurality of reels, issue the sum of all display numbers displayed on that symbol on the display as a monetary payout without regard to the alignment of the symbols on the reels and without regard to a pay table; and increment the credit balance by the issued sum.

1 . A wagering game of chance comprising:
 an input establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity;   a memory device having computer-executable instructions stored thereon; and   a processor, which upon executing the computer-executable instructions, is configured to:
 accept a wager, the wager amount decreasing the credit balance; 
 use a random number generator to select and display a portion of each of a plurality of reels on a display, the plurality of reels comprising symbols thereon, wherein a plurality of the symbols further include a display number; 
 determine the quantity of each symbol displayed on any one of the portions of the plurality of reels on the display device; 
 in response to at least a predetermined quantity of a symbol being displayed on any displayed portions of the plurality of reels, issue the sum of all display numbers displayed on that symbol on the display as a monetary payout without regard to the alignment of the symbols on the reels and without regard to a pay table; and 
 increment the credit balance by the issued sum. 
   
     
     
         2 . The game of  claim 1  wherein the symbols are of different colors. 
     
     
         3 . The game of  claim 1  wherein the symbols are of different characters. 
     
     
         4 . The game of  claim 1  wherein the sum of the number symbols is multiplied by the wager. 
     
     
         5 . The game of  claim 1  wherein the sum of the number symbols is multiplied by a multiplier. 
     
     
         6 . The game of  claim 5  wherein the multiplier is set by the wager. 
     
     
         7 . The game of  claim 5  wherein the multiplier is set based on the symbols displayed on the display. 
     
     
         8 . A method of proving a game of change, the method comprising:
 accepting a wager through an input establishing credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based on wagering activity;   displaying a plurality of reels, each of the reels including a plurality of symbol positions, the plurality of reels comprising symbols thereon wherein a plurality of the symbols further include a display number;   selecting, by a random number generator on a processor, stop positions of the reels to be displayed in a symbol matrix;   determining the quantity of each symbol displayed on any one of the portions of the plurality of reels on displayed on the display device;   in response to at least a predetermined quantity of any symbol being displayed on the display device, issuing the sum of all numbers displayed on that symbol on the display, as a monetary payout without regard to the alignment of the symbols on the reels and without regard to a paytable; and   incrementing the credit balance by the issued sum.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the symbols are of different colors. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the symbols are of different characters. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the sum of the number symbols is multiplied by a wager. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the sum of the number symbols is multiplied by a multiplier. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the multiplier is set by the wager. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the multiplier is set based on the symbols displayed on the display. 
     
     
         15 . A wagering game machine configured to provide a game of chance comprising:
 an input device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value, the monetary value establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based on at least on wagering activity;   a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with the credit balance;   a non-transitory memory device having computer-executable instructions stored thereon; and   a processor, which upon executing the computer-executable instructions is configured to:
 accept a wager entered through the input device for play of the game of chance, the wager amount decreasing the credit balance; 
 use a random number generator to select and display a portion of each of a plurality of reels on a display device, the plurality of reels comprising symbols thereon wherein a plurality of the symbols further include a display number; 
 determine the quantity of each symbol displayed on the portions of the displayed reels; 
 in response to at least a predetermined quantity of any symbol being displayed, issue the sum of all numbers displayed on that symbol on the display; 
 detect a command from the input to cause the initiation of the payout via the cashout device. 
   
     
     
         16 . The machine of  claim 15  wherein the symbols are of different colors. 
     
     
         17 . The machine of  claim 15  wherein the symbols are of different characters. 
     
     
         18 . The machine of  claim 15  wherein the sum of the number symbols is multiplied by the wager. 
     
     
         19 . The machine of  claim 15  wherein the sum of the number symbols is multiplied by a multiplier. 
     
     
         20 . The machine of  claim 19  wherein the multiplier is set based on the symbols displayed on the display.