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US 2024/0177570 A1Published application
Modifying values of accumulated symbols
AssigneeIgt
InventorsMichael DeBrabander, Jennifer Warner, Kelsy Foster, Boris Hallerbach
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Abstract
Gaming systems and methods that randomly modify a value of an accumulated symbol upon each occurrence of a modification event.
Claims20
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- in association with a sequence comprising a plurality of plays of a game:
- displaying, by a display device:
- a symbol accumulated at a symbol display position, and
- a first award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position,
- responsive to a first random occurrence of a modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, displaying, by the display device, a second award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, wherein the second award is based on the first award and a randomly determined modification of the first award, and the first random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position occurs independent of any other symbols displayed at any other symbol display positions, and
- responsive to a second, subsequent random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, displaying, by the display device, a third award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, wherein the third award is based on the second award and a randomly determined modification of the second award, the second, subsequent random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position occurs independent of any other symbols displayed at any other symbol display positions, and the second, subsequent random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position occurs independent of the first random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position.
3 more elements
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- in association with a sequence comprising a plurality of plays of a game:
- displaying, by a display device:
- a symbol accumulated at a symbol display position, and
- an award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position,
- responsive to the symbol being a designated symbol and a random occurrence of a modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position:
- modifying, by a processor, the award associated with the symbol based on a randomly determined modification of the award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, wherein the random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position occurs independent of any other symbols displayed at any other symbol display positions, and
- displaying, by the display device, the modified award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, and
- responsive to the symbol not being the designated symbol and the random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, displaying, by the display device, the award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position without any modification to the award.
5 more elements
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- responsive to a random determination to display a first symbol initially associated with a progressive award at a first symbol display position not associated with any accumulated symbols, causing, by a processor, the progressive award to be part of a total award, and
- responsive to a random determination to modify a first award associated with a second symbol accumulated at a second symbol display position to the progressive award when no symbols initially associated with any progressive awards are displayed at any symbol display positions, causing, by the processor, the progressive award to be part of the total award.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.