Around the world slot machine game

Abstract

A slot machine stores a multiplicity of signal representations of images having either a destination motif or a travel motif and one image associated with a cash payout. When an outcome of play of the machine is an image that is identical at each of a group of viewing locations of a screen of the machine and the image has either the destination or the travel motif, a player wins a trip in accordance with the motif.

I claim:  
     
         1 . In the method of determining what a player wins based upon a result of play of a slot machine, comprising the steps of: 
 storing a plurality of images in said machine where one of said images has a destination motif;    providing a display of a random selection of said images on a viewing surface of the machine as an outcome play of the machine;    determining whether said outcome of play is an appearance of said destination motif image at a group of specified locations on said viewing surface, said player winning a trip in accordance with said destination motif when said destination motif image appears at said group of specified locations.    
     
     
         2 . In the method of  claim 1 , additionally comprising the steps of: 
 storing an image of cash;    determining whether said outcome of play is an appearance of said cash image, said player winning a predetermined amount of cash when said cash image appears at said group of specified locations.    
     
     
         3 . In the method of  claim 2  wherein said player wins a reduced amount of cash when said outcome of play is an appearance of said cash image at other than said group of specified locations.  
     
     
         4 . In the method of  claim 3 , comprising the additional steps of: 
 storing an image in said machine that has a travel motif;    determining whether said outcome of play is an appearance of said travel motif image, said player winning a trip in accordance with said travel motif when said travel motif image appears at said group of specified locations.    
     
     
         5 . In the method of  claim 4  wherein the machine is a one line, five reel type and said group of specified locations are all viewing locations on said viewing surface.  
     
     
         6 . In the method of  claim 5  wherein the player is permitted to make two successive plays and a cumulative result of the two plays is used to determine whether said player wins.  
     
     
         7 . In the method of  claim 3  wherein said machine is a three line, three reel type and said group of specified locations is one of eight groups that include three rows of viewing locations, three columns of viewing locations and two diagonals of viewing locations.  
     
     
         8 . In the method of  claim 3  wherein said machine is for playing a five line game.  
     
     
         9 . In the method of  claim 3  wherein said machine is for playing a nine line game.