US 11,735,009 B2
Gaming device with incrementable multiplier meter and transitional indicator
Eric Satterlie, Las Vegas, NV (US); Chantrelle Pryor, Las Vegas, NV (US); Paul Lombardo, Newport (AU); Liam Sanders, Neutral Bay (AU); Jason Meyer, Wyoming (AU); Gary Penacho, Henderson, NV (US); and Patrick Finch, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/549,729.
Application 17/549,729 is a continuation of application No. 16/438,366, filed on Jun. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,200,782.
Claims priority of application No. 2018204151 (AU), filed on Jun. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0101692 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3267 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming device comprising:
an interface operable to provide a designated symbol counter and a plurality of symbol positions; and
a game controller comprising a processor and a memory storing a) symbol data specifying a plurality of selectable symbols including a plurality of designated symbols, b) a pay table, and c) instructions, which, when executed, causes the processor to, at least:
form a plurality of combinable benefits from a plurality of awards including a plurality of multipliers, a plurality of multiplier symbols, a plurality of free games, and
control the interface to present a benefit meter having a plurality of benefit levels from the plurality of combinable benefits, one or more of the plurality of benefit levels being applicable to outcomes in a series of game instances, a modifiable level indicator advanceable on the benefit meter from a current benefit level to a next benefit level based on a collection of designated symbols, and a state of progress modifiable based on the collection of designated symbols to reach at the next benefit level, and
in a first instance of the series of game instances,
control the interface to display a plurality of symbols selected from the plurality of selectable symbols at respective ones of the plurality of symbol positions, the plurality of symbols selected by a random number generator based on one or more random outcomes generated from the random number generator,
control the interface to display a) a winning combination of symbols identified from the plurality of symbols displayed, and b) a count of designated symbols displayed in the winning combination of symbols,
control the interface to display the state of progress being updated to indicate a determined number of designated symbols needed for the modifiable level indicator to pass the current benefit level on the benefit meter with respect to the count of designated symbols,
control the interface to display the modifiable level indicator being advanced to the next benefit level on the benefit meter from the current benefit level when the count of designated symbols meets the determined number of designated symbols needed, and
control the interface to identify the next benefit level as a new current benefit level and proceed to a next instance of the series of game instances.