Gaming machine with special symbol
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
InventorNicholas Luke Bennett
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Abstract
A gaming machine (10) has a display (14) and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display (14). The game controller is arranged to play a game (16) wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display (14). If a predefined winning event occurs, the machine (10) awards a prize. When a special symbol is carried by a symbol-carrying element into a display position on the display (14), the special symbol substitutes as more than one occurrence of a standard symbol of the game (16).
Claims6
A gaming machine having a display means and a game control means arranged to control images displayed on the display means, the game control means being arranged to play a game wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display means and, if a predefined winning event occurs, the machine awards a prize, the gaming machine being characterized in that, when a special symbol is carried by a symbol-carrying element into a display position on the display means, the special symbol substitutes as more than one occurrence of a standard symbol of the game.
The gaming machine of any one of the preceding claims in which prizes are awarded for specific combinations of special symbols.
The gaming machine of any one of the preceding claims in which the special symbol appears on a standard symbol-carrying element of the game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.