1. A crystallized glass which does not substantially contain As2O3 component (on an oxide basis) as a clarifying agent, comprising, in terms of percent by mass on an oxide basis:
an SiO2 component between 30 to 70%,
an Al2O3 component between 10 to 40%,
a Li2O component between 0 and 10% (excluding 0%),
a P2O5 component between 5 and 15%,
a ZnO component between 0 and 5.5%, and
a BaO component between 0 and 5% (excluding 0%),
wherein the total content of the BaO component and the ZnO component (on an oxide basis) is 1% by mass or more.
2. The crystallized glass according to claim 1, containing \u03b2-quartz andor \u03b2-quartz solid solution as main crystal phase(s).
3. The crystallized glass according to claim 1, wherein the main crystal phase has an average crystal particle size within a range between 5 and 200 nm.
4. The crystallized glass according to claim 1, wherein an average linear thermal expansion coefficient within a temperature range between 0 and 50\xb0 C. is within a range of 0.0\xb11.0\xd710\u22126\xb0 C.
5. The crystallized glass according to claim 1, comprising, in terms of percent by mass on an oxide basis: a TiO2 component between 1 to 10% and a ZrO2 component between 1 and 10%.
6. The crystallized glass according to claim 1, comprising, in terms of percent by mass on an oxide basis, an MgO component between 0 and 5%, and a CaO component between 0 and 5%.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A gaming device comprising:
a game display;
a wager input device structured to receive physical currency or currency based tickets, the currency or currency based tickets establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable or decreasable based at least on wagering activity; and
a processor configured to:
receive a signal to initiate a poker game in response to placement of a wager, the wager decreasing the credit balance;
display a plurality of selectable dealt poker hands on the game display when a predefined condition is satisfied;
receive a signal indicating selection of one of the dealt poker hands;
receive signals indicating cards to be held in the selected dealt poker hand;
provide replacement cards for any cards not held in the selected dealt poker hand to display a final poker hand on the game display; and
display a single poker hand on the game display when the predefined condition is not satisfied.
2. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the predefined condition is associated with the amount of the wager placed.
3. The gaming device of claim 1, further comprising generating a plurality of dealt poker hands and evaluating the plurality of dealt poker hands to determine if any of the generated dealt poker hands satisfies a threshold poker hand, where the threshold poker hand is used as the predefined condition.
4. The gaming device of claim 3, where the threshold poker hand is a winning poker hand associated with an award in a paytable.
5. The gaming device of claim 3, where the threshold poker hand is a dealt poker hand with at least two cards of the same rank.
6. The gaming device of claim 1, where the plurality of selectable dealt poker hands are displayed on the game display face down.
7. A method of operating a gaming system, the gaming system having a gaming device including a display, a processor, and a wager input device, the method comprising:
receive a signal that physical currency has been inputted in the wager input device;
increase a credit balance in response to the received signal that currency has been inputted in the wager input device;
receiving a signal to initiate a game of chance in response to placement of a wager, the wager decreasing the credit balance;
displaying a plurality of selectable dealt poker hands on the game display when a predefined condition is satisfied;
receiving a signal indicating selection of one of the dealt poker hands;
receiving signals indicating cards to be held in the selected dealt poker hand;
providing replacement cards for any cards not held in the selected dealt poker hand to display a final poker hand on the game display; and
displaying a single poker hand on the game display when the predefined condition is not satisfied.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the predefined condition is associated with the amount of the wager placed.
9. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating a plurality of dealt poker hands and evaluating the plurality of dealt poker hands to determine if any of the generated dealt poker hands satisfies a threshold poker hand, where the threshold poker hand is used as the predefined condition.
10. The method of claim 9, where the threshold poker hand is a winning poker hand associated with an award in a paytable.
11. The method of claim 9, where the threshold poker hand is a dealt poker hand with at least two cards of the same rank.
12. The method of claim 7, where the plurality of selectable dealt poker hands are displayed on the game display face down.
13. A gaming device comprising:
a game display having a symbol display grid ;
a wager input device structured to receive physical currency or currency based tickets, the currency or currency based tickets establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable or decreasable based at least on wagering activity; and
a processor configured to:
receive a signal to initiate a slot game in response to placement of a wager, the wager decreasing the credit balance;
determine a plurality of game outcomes as possible outcomes for a played slot game;
determine if one or more of the plurality of game outcomes satisfies a predefined condition;
display a plurality of selectable indicia respectively associated with the plurality of game outcomes on the game display when the predefined condition is satisfied; and
display a single game outcome on the game display when the predefined condition is not satisfied.
14. The gaming device of claim 13, wherein determining if one or more of the plurality of possible game outcomes satisfies a predefined condition includes determining if one or more of the plurality of possible game outcomes includes a predefined game element.
15. The gaming device of claim 14, where the predefined game element is at least one symbol in to be displayed on a first game reel in the symbol display grid.
16. The gaming device of claim 15, where the predefined game element is a combination of symbols that includes symbols on at least two reels of the slot game that are to be displayed in the symbol display grid.
17. The gaming device of claim 15, where the predefined game element is a combination of symbols that includes a plurality of identical symbols appearing vertically adjacent to one another in the symbol display grid.
18. The gaming device of claim 15, where the predefined game element is a wild symbol.
19. The gaming device of claim 13, where the predefined game condition is a combination of symbols meeting a threshold award amount.
20. The gaming device of claim 13, where the symbol display grid of on the game display includes five columns associated with five game reels.