Gaming system with spawning wild symbols

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9898893
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14698021

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A gaming system includes an input mechanism for initiating a game and one or more displays providing a plurality of reels. The gaming system also includes a controller coupled to the one or more displays and the input mechanism. The controller is configured to: detect a win involving a combination of the symbol instances across two or more of the reels; determine that at least one of the symbol instances involved in the win is a wild symbol, the wild symbol able to assume the identity of at least one other symbol when detecting the win; and in response to determining that at least one of the symbol instances involved in the win is a wild symbol, updating at least one of the other of the symbol instances involved in the win to include a wild symbol for at least the next iteration of the game.

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IGT CANADA SOLUTIONS ULC328 URQUHART AVENUE MONCTON E1H 2R6

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Tanner, Lee Andrew Irishtown, CA 1 6

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