Claims
- 1. A gaming device comprising:
a cabinet; a housing connected to the cabinet; a plurality of images; a plurality of independently frames removably connected to the housing, each removable frame including an actuator mounted to the frame and coupled to a multiple-image panel mounted to the frame, wherein each multiple-image panel includes a plurality of sides wherein at least two of the sides are disposed in substantially perpendicular relation and wherein each side displays one of the images; and a processor operable to independently randomly determine for each multiple-image panel which side of said multiple-image panel to display based on probabilities associated with said images and to cause the actuator to move each said multiple-image panel, if necessary, to display the selected image of said multiple image panel to a player.
- 2. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the processor randomly determines the image to be displayed by each multiple-image panel based upon a separate probability associated with each image of said multiple-image panel.
- 3. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of frames includes at least one illumination device which is operable to illuminate the image being displayed to the player by said multiple-image panel.
- 4. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein each multiple-image panel includes three sides, wherein each side is disposed substantially perpendicular to at least one of the other sides of said multiple-image panel.
- 5. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein each of said frames is in a vertical alignment with at least one other of said frame.
- 6. The gaming device of claim 5, wherein each of said frames is in a horizontal alignment with at least one other of said frames.
- 7. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes at least one indicator associated with each of the multiple-image panels and connected to the housing.
- 8. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes a general indicator connected to said housing for the multiple-image panels.
- 9. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes at least one independent display device supported by said housing.
- 10. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes a plurality of independent display devices supported by said housing.
- 11. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein each multiple-image panel is rotatable relative to said frame.
- 12. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the images displayed by the multiple-image panel are selected from the group consisting of: words, values, awards and other symbols.
- 13. A gaming device comprising:
a cabinet; a housing connected to the cabinet; a plurality of images; a plurality of multiple-image panels supported by the housing, each multiple-image panel including three sides, wherein each side displays one of the images, and each side is disposed substantially perpendicular to at least one other side; a plurality of actuators supported by the housing, each actuator coupled to one of the plurality of multiple-image panels; and a processor operable to randomly independently determine which of said three images will be displayed to a player on each of the plurality of multiple-image panels based on probabilities associated with said three images, and cause said actuators to independently oscillate, if necessary, each of said multiple-image panels so that the selected image on each multiple-image panel is displayed to a player.
- 14. The gaming device of claim 13, wherein the processor randomly determines the images to be displayed by each of multiple-image panels based upon a probability associated with each of said plurality of images.
- 15. The gaming device of claim 13, which includes a plurality of illumination devices connected to the multiple-image panels which illuminate said images being displayed to the player by the plurality of multiple-image panels.
- 16. The gaming device of claim 13, which includes at least one indicator and associated with each of the multiple-image panels and supported by the housing.
- 17. The gaming device of claim 13, which includes a general indicator connected to said housing.
- 18. The gaming device of claim 13, wherein the images displayed by the plurality of multiple-image panels are selected from the group consisting of: words, values, awards and other symbols.
- 19. A gaming device comprising:
a cabinet; a housing connected to the cabinet; a plurality of symbols including a plurality of award symbols and a plurality of neutral symbols; a plurality of multiple-image panels supported by said housing, each multiple-image panel including a plurality of sides, wherein at least one of said sides displays said neutral symbol and each of at least two other of said sides displays one of said plurality of award symbols; at least one player input device; a plurality of actuators supported by said housing, each actuator coupled to one of said multiple-image panels; and a processor operable with the player input device and the plurality of multiple-image panels to independently randomly determine the symbol to be displayed by each player selected multiple-image panel, if necessary, cause said actuators to move said player-selected multiple-image panels so that the randomly determined symbols are displayed to the player on each of the multiple-image panels, and provide the player with any awards associated with any of the award symbols displayed by the player-chosen multiple-image panels.
- 20. The gaming device of claim 19, wherein the processor randomly determines the symbol to be displayed by each of said player selected plurality of multiple-image panels based upon a probability associated with each of said plurality of award symbols and neutral symbols on said multiple-image panels.
- 21. The gaming device of claim 19, wherein the awards symbols include values and/or multipliers.
- 22. A gaming device comprising:
a cabinet; a housing connected to the cabinet; a plurality of symbols including a plurality of award symbols and a plurality of neutral symbols; a plurality of multiple-image panels supported by said housing, each multiple-image panel including a plurality of sides, wherein at least one of said sides displays said neutral symbol and each of at least two of the other sides displays one of said plurality of award symbols; a plurality of actuators supported by said housing, each actuator coupled to one of said multiple-image panels; and a processor operable with the plurality of multiple-image panels to independently randomly determine the symbol to be displayed by each of a plurality of selected multiple-image panels, if necessary, cause said actuators to move said multiple-image panels so that the randomly determined symbol on each selected multiple-image panel is displayed to the player, and provide the player with an awards associated with any of the award symbols displayed by the selected multiple-image panels.
- 23. The gaming device of claim 22, wherein the processor randomly determines the symbol to be displayed by each of said plurality of multiple-image panels based upon a probability associated with each of said plurality of symbols and the neutral symbol on said multiple-image panel.
- 24. The gaming device of claim 22, wherein the awards symbols include values and/or multipliers.
- 25. A gaming device comprising:
a cabinet; a housing connected to the cabinet; a plurality of symbols including a plurality of award symbols and a plurality of neutral symbols; a plurality of multiple-image panels supported by said housing, each multiple-image panel including a plurality of sides, wherein at least one of said sides displays said neutral symbol and at least one other of said sides displays one of said plurality of award symbols; at least one player input device; a plurality of actuators supported by said housing, each actuator coupled to one of said multiple-image panels; and a processor operable with the player input device and the plurality of multiple-image panels to independently randomly determine the symbol to be displayed by each of said plurality of multiple-image panels, if necessary, cause said actuators to move said multiple-image panels so that the selected symbols are displayed to a player, and enable the player to accept or reject said displayed symbols using said player input device.
- 26. The gaming device of claim 25, which includes at least one award associated with each of said award symbols, wherein if the player accepts the displayed symbols, the processor provides the player with the awards associated with any of said displayed award symbols.
- 27. The gaming device of claim 26, wherein the processor randomly determines the symbol to be displayed by each of said plurality of multiple-image panels based upon a probability associated with each of said plurality of symbols on said multiple-image panel.
- 28. The gaming device of claim 26, wherein the awards symbols include values multipliers.
- 29. A gaming device comprising:
a cabinet; a housing connected to said cabinet; a plurality of award symbols, each associated with at least one award; a plurality of null symbols, wherein no awards are associated with each null symbol; a plurality of multiple-image panels supported by said housing, each multiple-image panel including a plurality of substantially perpendicularly arranged sides wherein each side displays one of the award symbols or one of the null symbols; a probability associated with each side of each multiple-image panel; a plurality of actuators supported by said housing, each actuator connected to one of said multiple-image panels; and a processor operable with the plurality of multiple-image panels to cause the actuators to move the multiple-image panels based on an independent random determination made for each multiple-image panel based on the probabilities associated with the sides of said multiple-image panels so that the award symbols or null symbols are displayed to a player.
- 30. A gaming device comprising:
a cabinet; a plurality of symbols; a plurality of independently movable panels supported by the cabinet, each panel including a plurality of sides wherein at least one of said sides displays one of the symbols, wherein the plurality of panels extend substantially horizontally and are in arranged in vertical alignment; and a processor operable to independently cause each panel to move to display the symbol on said panel based on an independent random determination associated with said panel.
- 31. The gaming device of claim 30, wherein each panel has a horizontal dimension substantially greater than its vertical dimension.
- 32. The gaming device of claim 30, wherein an indicator supported by the cabinet is associated with each panel.
- 33. The gaming device of claim 30, wherein each panel has a horizontal dimension substantially greater than its vertical dimension.
- 34. The gaming device of claim 30, wherein a probability is associated with each symbol on each panel and the independent random determination for each panel is based on the probabilities associated with the symbols on said panel.
- 35. The gaming device of claim 34, wherein different probabilities are associated with the symbols on one of said panels.
- 36. The gaming device of claim 34, wherein different probabilities are associated with the symbols on each of a plurality of the panels.
- 37. The gaming device of claim 34, wherein different probabilities are associated with the symbols on each of the panels.
- 38. A gaming device comprising:
a cabinet; a plurality of symbols; a plurality of independently movable panels supported by the cabinet, each panel including a plurality of sides wherein at least one of said sides displays one of the symbols, wherein the plurality of the panels are in arranged in rows and columns; and a processor operable to independently cause each panel to move to display the symbol on said panel based on an independent random determination associated with said panel.
- 39. The gaming device of claim 38, wherein each panel has a horizontal dimension substantially greater than its vertical dimension.
- 40. The gaming device of claim 38, wherein an indicator supported by the cabinet is associated with each panel.
- 41. The gaming device of claim 38, wherein each panel has a horizontal dimension substantially greater than its vertical dimension.
- 42. The gaming device of claim 38, wherein a probability is associated with each symbol on each panel and the independent random determination for each panel is based on the probabilities associated with the symbols on said panel.
- 43. The gaming device of claim 42, wherein different probabilities are associated with the symbols on one of said panels.
- 44. The gaming device of claim 42, wherein different probabilities are associated with the symbols on each of a plurality of the panels.
- 45. The gaming device of claim 42, wherein different probabilities are associated with the symbols on each of the panels.
- 46. A gaming device comprising:
a cabinet; a plurality of selections; a plurality of symbols associated with the selections; a plurality of independently movable panels supported by the cabinet, each panel including a plurality of sides wherein at least one of said sides displays one of the symbols and each said symbol is displayed by one of the sides of one of the panels, and wherein the plurality of panels are in arranged in vertical alignment; and a processor operable to enable a player to select at least one of the selections, cause the panel that displays the symbol associated with said selection to move, if necessary, to display said symbol to the player.
- 47. The gaming device of claim 46, wherein at least one symbol is a terminator symbol.
- 48. The gaming device of claim 47, wherein the processor enables the player to pick selections until the player picks the selection which is a terminator, and causes the panel that displays the symbol associated with each said selection to move, if necessary, to display said symbol to the player.
- 49. The gaming device of claim 46, wherein the processor enables the player to pick a predetermined number of selections and causes the panel that displays the symbol associated with each said selection to move, if necessary, to display said symbol to the player.
- 50. The gaming device of claim 46, wherein the processor enables the player to pick a randomly determined number of selections and causes the panel that displays the symbol associated with each said selection to move, if necessary, to display said symbol to the player.
PRIORITY CLAIM
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of and claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/990,693, filed Nov. 9, 2001 which is incorporated herein in its entirety, and which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/605,809, filed Jun. 28, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,315,664.
Continuation in Parts (2)
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Nov 2001 |
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10243707 |
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09605809 |
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09990693 |
Nov 2001 |
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