Game device and method

Abstract

One possible embodiment for the invention could be a gaming device wherein the invention has an orthogonal array comprised of gaming symbol positions organized in rows and columns, each of the gaming symbol positions can display a gaming symbol chosen from a gaming symbol table assigned to that gaming symbol position. The array could further have multiple paylines comprised of gaming symbol positions, wherein the gaming symbol positions of a respective payline could be assigned to gaming symbol tables that are considered to be different frequency gaming symbol tables to one another. In this manner, no one row has gaming symbol tables assigned to its respective gaming symbol positions that could be considered to be identical frequency tables to one another. In this manner, no one row has gaming symbol tables assigned to its respective gaming symbol positions that could be considered to be identical frequency tables to one another.

1 . An electronic gaming device comprising, 
 a. an array having a plurality of gaming symbol positions, the gaming symbol positions being organized in rows and columns, the array further being presented by a display connected to a CPU, the CPU being capable of processing a game of chance;    b. a plurality of gaming symbol tables, the plurality of gaming symbol tables is a number of different frequency gaming symbol tables; the number of different frequency gaming symbol tables is equal to the number of gaming symbol positions in either a row or column;    c. wherein each column has each of its gaming symbol positions assigned to a respective gaming symbol table of the plurality,    d. wherein each row has each of its gaming symbol positions assigned to a respective gaming symbol table of the plurality.    
   
   
       2 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 1  wherein the assignment of each gaming symbol table to a respective gaming symbol position is based on a Latin Square format.  
   
   
       3 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 1  wherein the number of gaming symbol tables could be a number selected from a group of numbers consisting of: number of gaming symbol positions in a payline; the number of rows in an array; and the number of columns in an array.  
   
   
       4 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 1  further having two or more of gaming symbol positions being further organized into one or more paylines located upon the array, wherein at least one payline has each of its gaming symbol positions assigned to a respective gaming symbol table of the plurality.  
   
   
       5 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 1  wherein the adjustment of a respective gaming symbol frequency for a respective gaming symbol within one of the gaming symbol tables of the plurality simultaneously and identically adjusts the payout frequencies for multiple paylines of the array.  
   
   
       6 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 1  wherein a statistical analysis of payout frequencies for two or more paylines having different orientations on the array is the same.  
   
   
       7 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 1  wherein each gaming symbol table further comprises one or more unique gaming symbols with each unique gaming symbol having a respective gaming symbol frequency.  
   
   
       8 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 7  further comprising a winning payline whose gaming symbol positions each respectively displays a non-repeating unique gaming symbol.  
   
   
       9 . An electronic gaming device comprising, 
 a. at least one array being presented on a display connected to a CPU capable of processing a game of chance, the array having gaming symbol positions organized in rows and columns;    b. a plurality of gaming symbol tables, each gaming symbol table being assigned to several gaming symbol positions of the array;    wherein the gaming symbol tables of the plurality could be considered different frequency gaming symbol tables to one another; the number of gaming symbol tables in the plurality is equal to the number of gaming symbol positions found in either a row or column;    wherein the assignment of the gaming symbol tables to gaming symbol positions of the array is done based on a Latin Square format.    
   
   
       10 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 9  wherein each respective gaming symbol position of the column is assigned to a respective gaming symbol table of the plurality.  
   
   
       11 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 9  wherein each respective gaming symbol position of the row is assigned to a respective gaming symbol table of the plurality.  
   
   
       12 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 9  further comprising the gaming symbol positions being organized in multiple paylines, wherein at least one payline has each of its gaming symbol positions assigned to a respective gaming symbol table of the plurality.  
   
   
       13 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 9  wherein changing the symbol frequency of a different frequency gaming symbol table of the plurality changes one or more payout frequencies of multiple paylines simultaneously.  
   
   
       14 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 9  wherein one or more of the multiple paylines have different orientations upon the array.  
   
   
       15 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 9  wherein a statistical analysis of payout frequencies for two or more paylines having different orientations on the array is the same.  
   
   
       16 . An electronic gaming device comprising, 
 a. an array being presented by a display connected to a CPU capable of processing a game of chance, the array comprising a number of gaming symbol positions further organized into rows and columns, a number of gaming symbol positions also forming one or more paylines;    b. a plurality of gaming symbol tables, each gaming symbol table being assigned to a respective gaming symbol position of the array, wherein two or more gaming symbol tables of the plurality of the gaming symbol tables could be considered identical frequency gaming symbol tables to one another;    wherein gaming symbol tables could be further organized into different sets of identical frequency gaming symbol tables.    
   
   
       17 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 16  wherein the assignment of each gaming symbol table to a respective gaming symbol position is based on a Latin Square format.  
   
   
       18 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 16  wherein the respective gaming symbol positions of either a column or row in the array would be assigned to gaming symbol tables, those gaming symbol table would not be considered to be identical frequency gaming symbol tables to one another.  
   
   
       19 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 16  wherein the adjustment of a respective gaming symbol frequency for a respective gaming symbol within all of the gaming symbol tables from a set of identical frequency gaming symbol tables simultaneously and identically adjusts the payout frequencies for multiple paylines of the array.  
   
   
       20 . An electronic gaming device of  claim 16  wherein a statistical analysis of payout frequencies for two or more paylines having different orientations on the array is the same.