Patents by Inventor Amy BATSIOKIS

Amy BATSIOKIS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190073878
    Abstract: In a gaming machine for playing a base game having a feature game with multiple levels: receiving a wager from a player for playing four instances of the base game, where the wager is deducted from a credit balance established by the player. Symbols for each of the four instances of the base game may be selected and displayed, where each instance displays the selected plurality of symbols in a matrix of display positions. The feature game may be initiated when the selected plurality of symbols includes a feature game trigger, where the feature game comprises a plurality of free plays of a number of instances of the base game based on a level of the feature game as determined by the feature game trigger, and the number of instances is one if the level is normal, four if the level is super, and eight if the level is extreme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Karen Kendall, Amy Batsiokis
  • Patent number: 10186105
    Abstract: Systems and methods of electronic gaming are disclosed. In various embodiments, a gaming system may implement a method for electronic gaming, which may comprise receiving a credit wager to initiate play of a game, selecting a plurality symbols from a plurality of reel strips stored in the memory, displaying the selected plurality of symbols in a plurality of adjacent columns of symbol display positions, dividing the symbol display positions in each of the plurality of columns into a first subset of symbol display positions and a second subset of symbol display positions, determining whether an evaluation change condition has been met with respect to a column in the plurality of columns, a first game evaluation based upon the evaluation change condition, and performing a second game evaluation based upon the evaluation change condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Amy Batsiokis
  • Patent number: 10078936
    Abstract: Systems and methods of electronic gaming are disclosed. In various embodiments, a gaming system may implement a method for electronic gaming, which may comprise receiving a credit wager to initiate play of a game, selecting a plurality symbols from a plurality of reel strips stored in the memory, displaying the selected plurality of symbols in a plurality of adjacent columns of symbol display positions, dividing the symbol display positions in each of the plurality of columns into a first subset of symbol display positions and a second subset of symbol display positions, determining whether an evaluation change condition has been met with respect to a column in the plurality of columns, a first game evaluation based upon the evaluation change condition, and performing a second game evaluation based upon the evaluation change condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Amy Batsiokis
  • Publication number: 20180261042
    Abstract: Systems and methods of electronic gaming are disclosed. In various embodiments, a gaming system may implement a method for electronic gaming, which may comprise receiving a credit wager to initiate play of a game, selecting a plurality symbols from a plurality of reel strips stored in the memory, displaying the selected plurality of symbols in a plurality of adjacent columns of symbol display positions, dividing the symbol display positions in each of the plurality of columns into a first subset of symbol display positions and a second subset of symbol display positions, determining whether an evaluation change condition has been met with respect to a column in the plurality of columns, a first game evaluation based upon the evaluation change condition, and performing a second game evaluation based upon the evaluation change condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Amy Batsiokis
  • Publication number: 20170092067
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for electronic gaming are disclosed. In a first aspect, a gaming system may implement a method of electronic gaming. The method may include receiving a credit wager to initiate play of a game, selecting a plurality of symbols, and displaying the selected symbols in a plurality of columns, where each column in the plurality of columns includes a plurality of symbol display positions. The method may further include determining that the selected symbols in at least one of the plurality of columns collectively satisfy a first jackpot award condition associated with a first jackpot award, determining that the selected symbols in at least one of the plurality of columns of symbol display positions collectively satisfy a jackpot multiplier condition associated with a jackpot multiplication factor, and generating an award based upon the first jackpot award and the jackpot multiplication factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Amy BATSIOKIS
  • Publication number: 20170084112
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for electronic gaming are disclosed. In a first aspect, a gaming system may implement a method of electronic gaming. The method may include selecting a first plurality of symbols, displaying the first plurality of symbols in a first column of symbol display positions, selecting a second plurality of symbols, displaying the second plurality of symbols in a second column of symbol display positions, determining that the first plurality of symbols satisfies a symbol change condition, and replacing, in response to the determining that the first plurality of symbols satisfies the symbol change condition, the first plurality of symbols with a first plurality of jackpot symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Amy BATSIOKIS
  • Publication number: 20170046911
    Abstract: Systems and methods of electronic gaming are disclosed. In various embodiments, a gaming system may implement a method for electronic gaming, which may comprise receiving a credit wager to initiate play of a game, selecting a plurality symbols from a plurality of reel strips stored in the memory, displaying the selected plurality of symbols in a plurality of adjacent columns of symbol display positions, dividing the symbol display positions in each of the plurality of columns into a first subset of symbol display positions and a second subset of symbol display positions, determining whether an evaluation change condition has been met with respect to a column in the plurality of columns, a first game evaluation based upon the evaluation change condition, and performing a second game evaluation based upon the evaluation change condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Amy BATSIOKIS
  • Patent number: D840429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: James Kroon, Amy Batsiokis, Karen Kendall