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US 2026/0073771 A1Published application
Accumulation, collection and redemption of limited duration persistent symbols
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InventorsTimothy F. Springer, William Bussick, Ginese Weyant
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Abstract
Gaming systems and methods that temporarily accumulate symbols over one or more plays of a game and collect zero, one or more of such symbols based on the occurrence of a symbol collection event.
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A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- for a first play of a game:
- displaying, by a display device, a first plurality of symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reels,
- responsive to the first plurality of symbols comprising a collectable symbol associated with a first attribute and the first plurality of symbols not comprising any collector symbols, displaying, by the display device, an accumulation of that collectable symbol for at least a second, subsequent play of the game,
- responsive to the first plurality of symbols comprising the collectable symbol associated with the first attribute and a collector symbol associated with the first attribute, displaying, by the display device, a collection of that collectable symbol, wherein any award associated with the first play of the game is at least partially based on any award associated with the collected collectable symbol, and
- responsive to the first plurality of symbols comprising the collectable symbol associated with the first attribute and a collector symbol associated with a second, different attribute, displaying, by the display device, an accumulation of that collectable symbol for at least the second, subsequent play of the game.
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A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- for a play of a game:
- displaying, by a display device, a plurality of symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reels,
- responsive to the plurality of symbols not comprising any collector symbols, displaying, by the display device, an award associated with the play of the game independent of any awards associated with any accumulated collectable symbols,
- responsive to the plurality of symbols comprising a collector symbol associated with a first attribute, displaying, by the display device, the award associated with the play of the game at least partially based on any award associated with any currently accumulated collectable symbols associated with the first attribute, and
- responsive to the plurality of symbols comprising a collector symbol associated with a second, different attribute, displaying, by the display device, the award associated with the play of the game at least partially based on any award associated with any currently accumulated collectable symbols associated with the second, different attribute.
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A method of operating a gaming system comprising:
- for a first play of a game:
- displaying, by a display device, a first plurality of symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reels, and
- responsive to the first plurality of symbols comprising a first collectable symbol associated with a first attribute and the plurality of symbols not comprising any collector symbols, displaying, by the display device, an accumulation of that first collectable symbol for a limited duration, and
- for a second, subsequent play of the game during the limited duration that the first collectable symbol is accumulated:
- displaying, by the display device, a second plurality of symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels, and
- responsive to the second plurality of symbols comprising a collector symbol associated with the first attribute and a determination that a location of the collector symbol associated with the first attribute is spatially related to a location of the accumulated first collectable symbol, displaying, by the display device, an award associated with the second, subsequent play of the game at least partially based on any award associated with the accumulated first collectable symbol.
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