US 11,928,935 B2
Mystery bonus symbol reveal
Hanna Lee Sanborn, Pflugerville, TX (US); Chad La Guardia, Austin, TX (US); and Erick T. Ching, Cedar Park, TX (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd., North Ryde (AU)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,388.
Application 17/664,388 is a continuation of application No. 17/248,251, filed on Jan. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,361,624.
Application 17/248,251 is a continuation of application No. 16/379,724, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 10,896,578, issued on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0284773 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3267 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/3258 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an interface system including at least one network interface; and
a control system including one or more processors, the control system being configured for:
determining which slot symbols will be presented on the display system of an end user device (EUD) for an instance of a slot game, the symbols comprising one or more mystery symbols;
receiving, from the EUD and via the interface system, an indication that a wager has been received;
communicating, via the interface system and to the EUD, instructions to cause the EUD to perform the following operations:
display, on an EUD display system, moving symbols, landing of the one or more mystery symbols, and a bet meter having a plurality of states and an award indicator image associated with a first bet level, wherein the state of the bet meter and the award indicator image indicate, based on the wager, whether an award is unavailable or can be triggered;
present, based on determining that the wager is less than a first bet level, the bet meter in a first state and the award indicator image of the bet meter in a first image state which together indicate that an award is unavailable;
present, based on determining that the wager is greater than or equal to the first bet level, the bet meter in a second state and the award indicator image of the bet meter in a second image state which together indicate that the award can be triggered;
present, based on determining that the wager is greater than or equal to the first bet level, a first mystery symbol animation revealing a first revealed mystery symbol image, wherein the award corresponds to the first revealed mystery symbol image; and
present, based on determining that the wager is greater than or equal to the first bet level and on displaying the first revealed mystery symbol image, the award.