Gaming machine with matrix of reels and special symbol features

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8651940
APP PUB NO 20110136562A1
SERIAL NO

12630801

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A video slot machine has an array of individual symbol reels, such as a grid of 4×5 reels. The symbols include conventional symbols and special symbols. In the examples, the special symbols are wild symbols. Each wild symbol is associated with a particular direction, such as a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, or both. After an initial spin, an award for symbol combinations is paid out. If a wild symbol appears in the array, all reels along the designated direction are respun to give the player another chance at winning. Awards are paid again for new winning symbol combinations. If new wild symbols appear, another respin is performed along the direction(s) designated by the new wild symbols. The designated direction associated with a wild symbol may change for each game.

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SPIELO INTERNATIONAL CANADA ULC328 URQUHART AVE MONCTON NEW BRUNSWICK E1H 2R6

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Davis, Wesley S Notre Dame, CA 3 66
Leger, Francois R Dieppe, CA 2 63
Loat, Eric M Moncton, CA 1 57

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