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US 2015/0087392 A1Published application
Wagering game and method having additional reel matrices sharing a common reel
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorChristopher K. Guerrero
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Abstract
Disclosed are a game, gaming device, system and method for play of a reel-based feature game including a base matrix of reel indicia, one or more additional matrices of reel indicia and an expanding reel which replaces a portion of the base matrix and each of the additional reel matrices to simultaneously produce outcomes in each of the matrices.
Claims6
A wagering game for a gaming device, the gaming machine comprising a non-transitory memory device and a processor, the wagering game comprising:
- a game executed by the processor under control of instructions stored in the non-transitory memory device and comprising a first plurality of indicia-bearing reels which are spun or appear to spin to produce an outcome in a first game matrix;
- a feature game executable by the processor under control of instructions stored in the non-transitory memory device, the at least one feature game initiated upon a triggering event and comprising a second plurality of indicia-bearing reels which are spun or appear to spin to produce an outcome in a second game matrix;
- wherein a single expanded reel replaces at least part of the first game matrix and the second game matrix and is spun or appears to spin to simultaneously produce an outcome in both the first game matrix and the second game matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.