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US 11,694,595 B2Granted
System and method for providing awards based on dynamic reels
AssigneeIgt
InventorsDavid Ceniceroz, Julianne Rodgers
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Abstract
Systems and methods which provide a player zero, one or more awards based on a variable quantity of symbol display positions associated with one or more reels.
Claims20
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- communicating data that results in a display, by a display device and for a first play of a first game, of a first plurality of symbols at a first plurality of symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reels, and
- responsive to an occurrence of a symbol display position quantity modification event associated with a reel of the plurality of reels:
- communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of a modification of a quantity of the symbol display positions associated with that reel, and
- responsive to the modified quantity of symbol display positions associated with that reel not being a designated quantity of symbol display positions, communicate data that results in a display, by the display device and for a second play of the first game, of a second plurality of symbols at a second plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels, the second plurality of symbol display positions being based on the modified quantity of symbol display positions associated with that reel.
1 more element
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- displaying, by a display device and for a first spin of a plurality of reels of the unlimited free spins game, a first plurality of symbols at a first plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels, and
- responsive to an occurrence of a symbol display position quantity modification event associated with a reel of the plurality of reels:
- displaying, by the display device, modification of a quantity of the symbol display positions associated with that reel without modifying a quantity of the symbol display positions associated with another one of the plurality of reels, and
- responsive to the modified quantity of symbol display positions associated with that reel being a designated quantity of symbol display positions, terminating, by a processor, the play of the unlimited free spins game.
1 more element
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- displaying, by a display device and for a first play of a first game, a first plurality of symbols at a first plurality of symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reels, and
- responsive to an occurrence of a symbol display position quantity modification event associated with a reel of the plurality of reels:
- displaying, by the display device, a modification of a quantity of the symbol display positions associated with that reel, and
- responsive to the modified quantity of symbol display positions associated with that reel not being a designated quantity of symbol display positions, displaying, by the display device and for a second play of the first game, a second plurality of symbols at a second plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels, the second plurality of symbol display positions being based on the modified quantity of symbol display positions associated with that reel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.