Appeal No. 2005-1003
Application No. 09/967,249
a game control for controlling game play in a primary
game mode and a secondary event mode for controlling images
displayed on the display and detecting the presence of a
predetermined winning combination of symbols and for awarding a
prize in response to a winning combination, and
a selector for allowing a player to individually select
the number of cells to be independently of one another evaluated
by the game control to detect the presence of a winning
combination within the selected number of cells.
15. An assembly as set forth in claim 14 wherein said
evaluation station comprises a pawn shop.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Moody et al. (Moody) 5,976,016 Nov. 2, 1999
Giobbi et al. (Giobbi) 6,155,925 Dec. 5, 2000
Payne et al. (Payne) 6,241,607 Jun. 5, 2001
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a gaming
assembly, such as a video slot machine, comprising a selector
which allows a player to individually and independently select
the number of cells that are evaluated by the game control to
detect the presence of a winning combination. For example, in a
display comprising a three-by-three matrix, i.e., three cells in
each of three horizontal rows, and three cells in each of three
vertical columns, the player may choose the first and third cells
in the first row and the second cell in the third row to be the
combination of three cells that are hoped to be the winning
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