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US 2023/0401931 A1Published application
Gaming system and method with an expanding symbol array feature
AssigneeSG Gaming, Inc.
InventorsRichard MILOSEVICH, Kenneth Shawn SOONG, George BOUVIER
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Abstract
There is provided a gaming system and methods that utilize a presentation assembly configured to present a series of spins of a plurality of symbol-bearing reels arranged in multiple arrays. Upon the appearance of a catalyst symbol on one of the reels, at least one additional row of symbols is added between the arrays to join the arrays into a single large array to increase the probability of winning combinations of the symbols and to enable different types of winning combinations.
Claims20
A method of operating a gaming machine, the method comprising the operations of:
- presenting, by a presentation assembly, a plurality of reels, a first array and a second array, the plurality of reels bearing a plurality of symbols;
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- conducting, by game-logic circuitry, a spin of the plurality of reels, the spin including:
- spinning and stopping the plurality of reels to land symbols from the plurality of symbols in the first column of the first array and the second array;
- if the landed symbols of either the first column of the first array or the first column of the second array do not comprise a catalyst symbol, paying, via the game logic circuitry, an award for any winning combination of symbols in the first array and the second array according to a first pay table;
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- if the landed symbols of either the first column of the first array or the first column of the second array comprise a catalyst symbol, combining some or all of the first array and the second array to form a new array presented by the presentation assembly and paying, via the game logic circuitry, an award for a winning combination of symbols in the new array according to a second pay table.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a gaming machine including a presentation assembly configured to present a plurality of reels and an array, the plurality of reels bearing a plurality of symbols;
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- game-logic circuitry configured to perform the operations of:
- spinning and stopping the plurality of reels to land symbols from the plurality of symbols in the first column of the first array and the second array;
- if the landed symbols of either the first column of the first array or the first column of the second array do not comprise a catalyst symbol, paying, via the game logic circuitry, an award for any winning combination of symbols in the first array and the second array according to a first pay table;
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- if the landed symbols of either the first column of the first array or the first column of the second array comprise a catalyst symbol, combining some or all of the first array and the second array to form a new array presented by the presentation assembly and paying, via the game logic circuitry, an award for a winning combination of symbols in the new array according to a second pay table.
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