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US 2023/0410604 A1Published application
Expanding and contracting reels
AssigneeIgt
InventorsYu Chong, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar, Chris Peterson
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Abstract
Systems and methods which employ one or more reels that expand and contract responsive to the occurrence of (or lack thereof) different events.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- for a first play of a game, cause a display, by a display device, of symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reels, and
- responsive to, in association with the first play of the game, an occurrence of a reel expansion event associated with a first reel of the plurality of reels:
- for a second, subsequent play of the game, cause a display, by the display device, of symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels and a first quantity of additional symbol display positions associated with the first reel of the plurality of reels, and
- responsive to, in association with the second, subsequent play of the game, no occurrence of the reel expansion event associated with the first reel of the plurality of reels, for a third play of the game that occurs after the second play of the game, cause a display, by the display device, of symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- for a first play of a game, cause a display, by a display device, of symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reels, and
- responsive to, in association with the first play of the game, an occurrence of a reel expansion event associated with a first reel of the plurality of reels:
- for a second, subsequent play of the game, cause a display, by the display device, of symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels and a first quantity of additional symbol display positions associated with the first reel of the plurality of reels, and
- responsive to, in association with the second, subsequent play of the game, no occurrence of the reel expansion event associated with the first reel of the plurality of reels, for a third play of the game that occurs after the second play of the game, cause a display, by the display device, of symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels and a second quantity of additional symbol display positions associated with the first reel of the plurality of reels, the second quantity of additional symbol display positions associated with the first reel being less than the first quantity of additional symbol display positions associated with the first reel.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- for each play of a game associated with an occurrence of a reel expansion event, cause a display, by a display device, of at least one additional symbol display position associated with a plurality of reels, and
- for each play of the game associated with no occurrence of the reel expansion event, cause a display, by the display device, of a removal of at least one of any additional symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.