Gaming device having a multiple symbol swapping game
AssigneeIgt
InventorsKaren M. Cregan, Robert N. Silva, III
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Abstract
A gaming device and a method for operating a gaming device which increases the possibility of obtaining a winning combination of symbols on reels. In one embodiment, the gaming device rearranges one or more sets of indicated symbols on the reels to potentially generate additional combinations of symbols on a payline. The rearranged symbols may move to different reels and different paylines in the rearrangement. The gaming device, in one embodiment performs an evaluation of the rearranged symbols after each rearrangement to give each rearrangement a chance to generate a winning combination of symbols on the reels.
Claims22
A gaming device comprising:
- at least one display device;
- and
- at least one processor programmed to operate with said at least one display device to:
- (a) generate and display a plurality of symbols, each of said plurality of symbols being displayed at one of a plurality of positions
- (b) determine if a winning combination of symbols is displayed at the positions;
- (c) if a winning combination of symbols is displayed at the positions, provide a first award to a player for each winning combination of displayed symbols;
- (d) determine if, for each of the positions, a swapping indicator is displayed at the position simultaneously with the symbol displayed at the position;
- (e) if at least three swapping indicators are displayed in a predetermined configuration with respect to one another, indicate symbols to be rearranged and automatically rearrange each of the indicated symbols to the positions of the other indicated symbols in a manner dictated by the predetermined configuration;
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- (f) provide a second award to the player for each winning combination of displayed symbols resulting from the rearrangement of the indicated symbols.
A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a plurality of symbols each of said plurality of symbols being displayed at one of a plurality of positions;
- (b) determining if a winning combination of symbols is displayed at the positions;
- (c) if a winning combination of symbols is displayed at the positions, providing a first award to a player for each winning combination of displayed symbols;
- (d) determining if, for each of the positions, a swapping indicator is displayed at the position simultaneously with the symbol displayed at the position;
- (e) if at least three swapping indicators are displayed in a predetermined configuration with respect to one another,
- indicating symbols to be rearranged and automatically rearranging each of the indicated symbols to the positions of the other indicated symbols in a manner dictated by the predetermined configuration;
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- (f) providing a second award to the player for each winning combination of the displayed symbols resulting from the rearrangement of the indicated symbols.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.