Gaming machine

Abstract

The invention concerns a gaming machine adapted to accept bets on game events having a random outcome and paying winnings on the occurrence of predetermined winning game events wherein the winnings for each winning game event are determined in accordance with individual parameters associated with respective individual winning game events; The gaming machine being further adapted to arbitrarily adjust the individual parameters associated with the individual winning game events upon the occurrence of a trigger event, to provide any predetermined level of volatility the operation of the gaming machine.

What we claim is:  
     
         1 . A gaming machine comprising: 
 means adapted to accept bets on game events having a random outcome and pay winnings on the occurrence of predetermined winning game events, wherein the winnings for each winning game event are determined in accordance with individual parameters associated with respective individual winning game events; and    means adapted to arbitrarily adjust the individual parameters associated with the individual winning game events upon the occurrence of a trigger event, to provide any predetermined level of volatility the operation of the gaming machine.    
     
     
         2 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1  wherein a portion of the individual parameters respectively associated with the winning game events are increased upon the occurrence of the trigger event and a portion of the parameters are decreased.  
     
     
         3 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2  wherein the individual parameters respectively associated with the winning game events are shown on a display means capable of changing in accordance with any adjustment to the parameters.  
     
     
         4 . The gaming machine according to  claim 3  wherein the game events display an array of randomly selected symbols and the winning game events are predetermined combinations of the symbols appearing in the array wherein the parameters associated with the predetermined winning combinations are displayed in a table indicating the winnings for each predetermined winning combinations.  
     
     
         5 . The gaming machine according to  claim 4  wherein the display means is a video screen dimensioned to include a display of the array of symbols as well as the table of winnings.  
     
     
         6 . The gaming machine according to  claim 4  wherein the display means is comprised of two video screens, the first video screen showing the game events and the second video screen shows the array of symbols.  
     
     
         7 . The method of operating a gaming machine having a display adapted to show separate sets of symbols, the method comprising: 
 accepting bets on game events having a random outcome and paying winnings on the occurrence of predetermined winning game events, wherein the winnings for each winning game event are determined in accordance with individual parameters associated with respective individual winning game events; and    arbitrarily adjusting the individual parameters associated with the individual winning game events upon the occurrence of a trigger event, to provide any predetermined level of volatility the operation of the gaming machine.    
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7  wherein a portion of the individual parameters respectively associated with the winning game events are increased upon the occurrence of the trigger event and a portion of the parameters are decreased.  
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 8  wherein the individual parameters respectively associated with the winning game events are shown on a display means capable of changing in accordance with any adjustment to the parameters.  
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 8  wherein the game events display an array of randomly selected symbols and the winning game events are predetermined combinations of the symbols appearing in the array wherein the parameters associated with the predetermined winning combinations are displayed in a table indicating the winnings for each predetermined winning combinations.  
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 9  wherein the display means is a video screen dimensioned to include a display of the array of symbols as well as the table of winnings.  
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 9  wherein the display means is comprised of two video screens, the first video screen showing the game events and the second video screen shows the array of symbols.