Gaming machine and methods of allowing a player to play gaming machines having expanding symbol positions
AssigneeKonami Gaming, Inc.
InventorArthur Lee
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Abstract
A method of allowing a player to play a gaming machine is described herein. The method includes displaying, on a display device, a game including at least one reel. The at least one reel includes a plurality of symbol positions that have a plurality of normal symbols positions and a plurality of special symbol positions. The outcome of a game is randomly generated and displayed on the display device. The method also includes randomly determining a number of special symbol positions being displayed with the at least one reel and spinning and stopping the at least one reel to display the generated game outcome, wherein the at least one reel includes the plurality of symbol positions having the determined number of special symbol positions.
Claims35
A method of allowing a player to play a gaming machine, comprising the steps of:
- displaying, on a display device, a game including at least one reel, the at least one reel including a plurality of symbol positions, the plurality of symbol positions including a plurality of normal symbols positions and a plurality of special symbol positions;
- randomly generating an outcome of a game and displaying the game outcome on the display device;
- randomly determining a number of special symbol positions being displayed with the at least one reel;
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- spinning and stopping the at least one reel to display the generated game outcome, the at least one reel including the plurality of symbol positions having the determined number of special symbol positions.
A gaming machine, comprising:
- a display device for displaying a game;
- a user input device configured to generate a signal indicative of a player's selection input;
- and
- a controller coupled to the display device and the user input device, the controller for displaying the game including at least one reel, the at least one reel including a plurality of symbol positions, the plurality of symbol positions including a plurality of normal symbols positions and a plurality of special symbol positions, the controller for randomly generating an outcome of a game and displaying the game outcome on the display device, for randomly determining a number of special symbol positions being displayed with the at least one reel, and for spinning and stopping the at least one reel to display the generated game outcome, the at least one reel including the plurality of symbol positions having the determined number of special symbol positions.
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device including a user input device for accepting a player's selection input and a display device;
- and
- a system controller coupled to each gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices, the system controller for displaying a game on at least one gaming device, the game including at least one reel including a plurality of symbol positions, the plurality of symbol positions including a plurality of normal symbols positions and a plurality of special symbol positions, the system controller for randomly generating an outcome of a game and displaying the game outcome on the display device, for randomly determining a number of special symbol positions being displayed with the at least one reel, and for spinning and stopping the at least one reel to display the generated game outcome, the at least one reel including the plurality of symbol positions having the determined number of special symbol positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.