US 11,922,768 B2
Gaming device with mobile win selector
Ryan Hawkins, Henderson, NV (US); Stephanie Klepzig, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Yanis Tsombanidis, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/701,576.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/165,598, filed on Mar. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0309871 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3262 (2013.01) [G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming device, comprising:
a housing;
a display device connected to the housing; and
a processor; wherein the processor is operative to:
randomly assign, from a set of reels, a subset of reels to a set of columns of a playing field using a random number generator (RNG), such that each of the subset of reels corresponds to a column of the set of columns;
generate the playing field by randomly, via the RNG, determining a set of symbols for each column from the corresponding reel, each of the set of symbols occupying a position on the playing field;
cause the display device to graphically render the playing field in a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by the display device;
randomly, using the RNG, determine a size of a mobile selector with reference to a lookup table having a distribution of sizes, the distribution of sizes weighted such that the size of the mobile selector converges to a predetermined average size across a series of games;
cause the display device to graphically render, in the GUI, a position of the mobile selector on the playing field;
determine whether the position of the rendered mobile selector encompasses a prize symbol;
in the event the position of the rendered mobile selector encompasses the prize symbol, paying a player; and
in the event the position of the rendered mobile selector does not encompass the prize symbol, end without paying the player.