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US 2021/0343109 A1Published application
Gaming device having extending wild symbols
AssigneeIgt
InventorsAdrian Wotton, Anton Tjioe
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates broadly to a gaming device operable under control of a processor together with a method of operating a gaming device. The disclosure relates particularly, although not exclusively, to a gaming device and method where a wild symbol is in the course of a plurality of games extends along at least one of a plurality of symbol reels.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- responsive to a physical item being received via a payment acceptor, establishing a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, wherein the physical item is one of a ticket associated with the monetary value and a unit of currency;
- displaying a plurality of reels, each reel including a plurality of symbols at a plurality of reel stop positions, wherein distinct from the plurality of reel stop positions of the reels, each reel is associated with a plurality of initially displayed symbol display positions and each reel is associated with at least one initially non-displayed symbol display position;
- thereafter, for a play of a game, displaying a first quantity of symbols by displaying, at the plurality of initially displayed symbol display positions associated with the reels, a plurality of the symbols at a plurality of the reel stop positions of the reels;
- for the play of the game, responsive to a wild symbol at one of the reel stop positions of one of the reels being displayed at one of the initially displayed symbol display positions associated with that reel and a wild symbol extension triggering event separately occurring:
- displaying a second, greater quantity of symbols by displaying, for that displayed wild symbol, an extension of that displayed wild symbol to at least one of the initially non-displayed symbol display positions associated with that reel;
- determining any awards associated with the displayed symbols and any wild symbols displayed at any of the initially displayed symbol display positions associated with any of the reels;
- and
- displaying any determined awards, wherein the credit balance is increasable based on any determined awards;
- and
- responsive to a cashout input being received, causing an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.
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A method of operating a dedicated electronic gaming machine, said method comprising:
- displaying, by at least one display device, a plurality of reels, each reel including a plurality of symbols at a plurality of reel stop positions, wherein distinct from the plurality of reel stop positions of the reels, each reel is associated with a plurality of initially displayed symbol display positions and each reel is associated with at least one initially non-displayed symbol display position,
- thereafter, for a play of a game, displaying a first quantity of symbols by displaying, at the plurality of initially displayed symbol display positions associated with the reels and by the at least one display device, a plurality of the symbols at a plurality of the reel stop positions of the reels, and
- for the play of the game, responsive to one wild symbol at one of the reel stop positions of one of the reels being displayed at one of the initially displayed symbol display positions associated with that reel and responsive to a wild symbol extension triggering event separately occurring:
- displaying, by the at least one display device, a second, greater quantity of symbols by displaying, for that displayed wild symbol, an extension of that displayed wild symbol to at least one of the initially non-displayed symbol display positions associated with that reel,
- determining, by at least one processor, any awards associated with the displayed symbols and any wild symbols displayed at any of the initially displayed symbol display positions associated with any of the reels, and
- displaying, by the at least one display device, any determined awards, wherein any determined awards cause an increase of a credit balance which is increasable via a payment acceptor of a physical item associated with a monetary value, the physical item being selected from the group consisting of:
- a ticket associated with the monetary value and a unit of currency, and the credit balance is decreasable via a cashout device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.