Gaming machine with a fixed wild symbol
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
InventorsNicholas Luke Bennett, Natalie Bryant
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Abstract
A gaming machine has a display and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a spinning reel game wherein one or more random events are caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined winning event occurs, the machine awards a prize. When at least one special symbol appears on the display, the special symbol is held in a superimposed representation in that position for at least one further game while at least that reel carrying the special symbol is re-spun for the at least one further game.
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A method for operating a gaming machine having a video display unit to generate a video display, for providing a spinning reel game, the method comprising:
- controlling the video display unit to display on the video display representations of a plurality of spinning reels carrying symbols, including representing each of the spinning reels as stopping in a stopped position determined according to a random selection process for revealing a plurality of said symbols on the video display, and defining the plurality of spinning reels to carry at least one bonus symbol;
- if the revealed plurality of symbols represent a winning combination, paying a prize, wherein the display of said at least one bonus symbol affects whether the prize is paid;
- in response to said at least one bonus symbol being one of the revealed plurality of symbols on a particular one of said plurality of spinning reels, visually depicting the at least one bonus symbol on the video display as being revealed to remain in place on the video display superimposed over a particular spinning reel while the particular spinning reel is re-spun a plurality of times in a series of games;
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- during the series of games, displaying all bonus symbols that are revealed on any particular one of said plurality of spinning reels in a place on the video display superimposed over the particular spinning reel.
A method for operating a gaming machine having a video display unit to generate a video display, for providing a spinning reel game, the method comprising:
- controlling the video display unit to display on the video display representations of a plurality of spinning reels carrying symbols, including showing each of the spinning reels as stopping in a stopped position determined according to a random selection process for revealing a plurality of said symbols on the video display, and defining the plurality of spinning reels to carry at least one bonus symbol;
- if the revealed plurality of symbols represent a winning combination, paying a prize, wherein the display of said at least one bonus symbol at a position where one of the symbols is revealed on a particular one of the plurality of spinning reels affects whether a prize is paid;
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- in response to said at least one bonus symbol being one of said revealed symbols on the particular spinning reel, visually depicting the at least one bonus symbol on the video display as being revealed to remain in place on the video display superimposed over a particular spinning reel so that it overlies a plurality of symbols during spinning on the particular spinning reel while the particular spinning reel is re-spun.
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