ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,316, issued on April 7.
"Gaming device, system and method for radial-orbital payline mechanism" was invented by Jason Christopher Byrne (Allambie Heights, Australia) and Paul Michael Twomey (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a gaming system and method of playing a game that embodies various gaming configurations for enabling inter-related but distinct payline forms and vectoring in a symbol-based game sharing features of a slot-machine type game. Paylines having generally radial and circumferential paths are established through configuration of the gaming geometry. Variations on winning outcome potential ...