Maze-based game for a gaming machine
CA 2354481 A1 · Owner: Nicastro, John P. Ii · Inventors: Casey, Michael P.; Nicastro, John P. Ii; Nicastro, John P.
Overview
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A maze-based game of chance for a gaming machine is controlled by a processor in response to a wager. The maze-based game includes an awardgenerating, indicator movable along a plurality of different intersecting paths. The plurality of, paths contain a plurality of consumable elements. The award-generating indicator, generates an award based on a randomly selected outcome as the awardgenerating, indicator visually consumes the elements.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed July 27, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 27, 2021.
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