US 2014/0349738 A1 · GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE, AND METHOD PROVIDING ONE OR MORE WILD REEL WAGER OPTIONS

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a gaming system, device, and method providing wild reel wager options for a spinning reel type wagering game. The wagering game includes: a plurality of reels; a plurality of symbols; and one or more wild reel wager options, each of which is associated with one of a plurality of wild reel wager amounts. If a player wagers one of the wild reel wager amounts on a play of the wagering game, the gaming system determines, based on the wild reel wager option associated with that wild reel wager amount, a set of one or more of the reels to be wild reels, and causes each of the determined set of the reels to be wild reels for that play. The gaming system causes each of the reels to spin and display one or more of the symbols, and provides any awards based on the displayed symbols.

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Dependent claims

A gaming system comprising:

at least one display device;
at least one input device;
at least one processor;
and
at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to:
(a) receive a wager from a player for a play of a primary wagering game, said primary wagering game including a plurality of reels;
(b) if an amount of the received wager is a wild reel wager amount, select one of the plurality of reels and cause said selected reel to be a guaranteed wild reel for said play of the primary wagering game;
(c) display an outcome of said play of the primary wagering game;
and
(d) display any awards associated with said outcome of said play of the primary wagering game.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Gaming system, gaming device, and method providing one or more wild reel wager options

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Gaming system, gaming device, and method providing one or more wild reel wager options

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