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Game with reservable wild indicia
Assignee: International Game Technology
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Filing: 1997-04-16
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Granted: 2000-09-19
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Expires: 2017-04-16
Abstract
Abstract Games of skill or chance which provide a player, who has received a wild indicia during one game, with the opportunity to reserve that wild indicia for use in a subsequent game.
Inventors
- 👤 William R. Adams
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:22
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/32; G07F17/326; G07F17/3262; G07F17/3265; G07F17/3244; A; A63; A63F; A63F9/00; A63F9/24; A63F2009/2401; A63F2009/2402; A63F2009/241
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
56 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance comprising the steps of: providing means for displaying a plurality of randomly selected indicia; designating at least one of said randomly selected indicia as a travelling wild indicia; and maintaining said travelling wild indicia for use in a subsequent game by a player of said game.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
56 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance comprising the steps of: providing means for displaying a plurality of randomly selected indicia; designating at least one of said randomly selected indicia as a travelling wild indicia; and maintaining said travelling wild indicia for use in a subsequent game by a player of said game.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 1 wherein said step of providing displaying means comprises providing a reel slot machine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 1 wherein said step of providing displaying means comprises providing a video display which displays indicia for at least one game selected from the group consisting of poker, blackjack, keno, reel slots, video slots, dice, bingo and lotto.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 1 wherein a player is provided with the option of only using a reserved travelling wild indicia in one of a predetermined number of subsequent games.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 1 wherein said step of providing displaying means comprises providing a card table with a plurality of playing cards.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 1 wherein said step of providing displaying means comprises providing a video screen with indicia of playing cards.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 6 wherein a player receives a replacement card if a travelling wild card was reserved for subsequent use.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 7 further comprising the step of requiring said player to decide whether the player will use the travelling wild indicia in a given hand before receiving replacement cards in that hand.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying at least one indicia of playing indicia to at least one player which indicia is randomly selected from a first collection of playing indicia.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 9 wherein said first collection comprises at least one travelling wild indicia.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 9 wherein said first collection does not contain a wild indicia.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 11 further comprising at least one subsequent collection and wherein said subsequent collection comprises the step of providing at least one travelling wild indicia.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
58 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 9, further comprising the step of, during play of said game, providing said at least one player with the option of reserving said traveling wild indicia for use in a subsequent game if said at least one player has been displayed a traveling wild indicia.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 1 wherein said randomly selected indicia are selected utilizing at least some input from a player.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 12 wherein said player input comprises rolling at least one die.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 14 wherein said player input comprises said player selecting at least one indicia before said player is informed of winning indicia.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of conducting a game of chance according to claim 1 wherein a player receives a replacement indicia if a travelling wild indicia was reserved for subsequent use.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 1 further comprising the step of requiring said player to decide whether the player will use the travelling wild indicia before receiving replacement indicia.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method of conducting a series of games of chance according to claim 1 further comprising the step of providing at least one player with an opportunity to place at least one wager.
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