US 6,093,102 · Granted 2000-07-25

Multiline gaming machine

PCT No. PCT/AU95/00598 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 15, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 15, 1997 PCT Filed Sep. 12, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/08799 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 21, 1996A gaming machine has a display which displays a symbols in an array format of n rows and m columns of symbol positions. A game control controls images displayed on the display and is arranged to pay a prize when a predetermined combination of symbols is displayed in a predetermined arrangement of symbol positions including one and only one symbol position in each column of the array. The number of said predetermined arrangements in the gaming machine for any one game is a value which is the product k1 . . . x . . . ki . . . x . . . km, where ki represents a number of symbol positions which have been selected by the player in an ith column of the n rows by m columns of symbol positions on the display (0<i</=m and ki</=n). At least one symbol position is selected from each column, and the number of predetermined arrangements represents the number of possible combinations of the selected symbol positions which have one symbol position in each column of the display means.

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