Gaming system with symbol-driven approach to randomly-selected trigger value for feature

A method of controlling a user interface of an electronic gaming device implemented by at least one processor in communication with at least one memory, the method comprising:

• controlling display of an initial value of a symbol counter in a counter graphic, the symbol counter having been initialized in response to a reset condition being met, with the initial value of the symbol counter having been randomly selected from a range of allowable symbol counter initial values having a limit;
• controlling display of a defined value of the symbol counter in the counter graphic, the defined value of the symbol counter being past the limit of the range of allowable symbol counter initial values, and a trigger value having been randomly selected from a range defined between the initial value of the symbol counter and the defined value of the symbol counter;
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• controlling display of an indication of a start of a feature in one or more instances when a current value of the symbol counter reaches the trigger value.

A computer program product stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:

• first instructions executable by a processor to initialize a symbol counter in response to a reset condition being met, including randomly selecting an initial value of the symbol counter from a range of allowable symbol counter initial values having a limit;
• second instructions executable by the processor to randomly select a trigger value from a range defined between the selected initial value of the symbol counter and a defined value of the symbol counter, wherein the defined value of the symbol counter is past the limit of the range of allowable symbol counter initial values;
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• third instructions executable by the processor to start a feature in one or more instances when a current value of the symbol counter reaches the trigger value.