US 12,462,642 B2
Gaming machines and methods for operating gaming machines
Ian Arrowsmith, Las Vegas, NV (US); John Pariseau, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Kim Yost, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Konami Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Konami Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,920.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,624, filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0088957 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3227 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3244 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming machine, comprising:
a cabinet;
a display device mounted to the cabinet, the display device including a touchscreen; and
a game control unit operably coupled to the display device, the game control unit including a processor programmed to execute an algorithm to display an animated sequence of computer-generated images on the display device including the steps of:
rendering a plurality of games on a game screen, each game including a plurality of virtual reels;
animating each of the plurality of virtual reels to spin and stop to display an outcome of each corresponding game; and
displaying a credit award feature by:
determining a number of free games associated with each corresponding game;
determining a credit award range based on the associated number of free games;
animating a credit award selection screen onto the game screen overlaid across a portion of each corresponding game, the credit award selection screen including a selectable credit award icon displaying the determined credit award range and a player selectable cancel icon; and
removing the credit award selection screen from the game screen upon receiving a player's selection of the player selectable cancel icon and animate the virtual reels to sequentially spin and stop to display outcomes of remaining free games.