Electronic gaming systems and methods utilizing a hexagonal array

A method for electronic gaming performed by at least one processor in communication with at least one memory storing a set of symbols, each symbol of the set of symbols associated with a value, the method comprising:

• causing display of an interface including a plurality of primary positions arranged in a hexagonal matrix and a plurality of outer positions, each of the plurality of outer positions adjacent to one of the plurality of primary positions, wherein each of the plurality of primary positions and each of the plurality of outer positions is configured to display a symbol from the set of symbols;
• generating, in each of the plurality of primary positions and each of the plurality of outer positions, a symbol from the set of symbols based on a first set of random number generator outcomes;
• identifying a first cluster within the plurality of primary positions, the first cluster including at least a threshold number of primary positions that are adjacent and each include a first symbol associated with a first value;
• determining a multiplier based on the first cluster being adjacent to at least one outer position including the first symbol;
• computing an award amount based at least in part on the multiplier and the first value;
• and
• crediting the computed award amount to a player credit balance.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor in communication with at least one memory storing a set of symbols, each symbol of the set of symbols associated with a value, the instructions cause the at least one processor to:

• cause display of an interface including a plurality of primary positions arranged in a hexagonal matrix and a plurality of outer positions, each of the plurality of outer positions adjacent to one of the plurality of primary positions, wherein each of the plurality of primary positions and each of the plurality of outer positions is configured to display a symbol from the set of symbols;
• generate, in each of the plurality of primary positions and each of the plurality of outer positions, a symbol from the set of symbols based on a first set of random number generator outcomes;
• identify a first cluster within the plurality of primary positions, the first cluster including at least a threshold number of primary positions that are adjacent and each include a first symbol associated with a first value;
• determine a multiplier based on the first cluster being adjacent to at least one outer position including the first symbol;
• compute an award amount based at least in part on the multiplier and the first value;
• and
• credit the computed award amount to a player credit balance.