Granted Patent B2

US 8,882,580 · App. 13/713,270 · Granted Nov 11, 2014

Abstract

Claims (17)

1. A gaming system comprising:

a display having a plurality of display positions; and

a game controller comprising:

(1) a symbol selector configured to select a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols for display in respective ones of the plurality of display positions on the display, said game controller configured to cause the display to display the selected said plurality of symbols on said display;

(2) a plural special symbol determiner configured to determine whether a plural special symbol representing a number (N) of special symbols is selected for display in one of the plurality of display positions, said game controller configured to cause the display to display the plural special symbol in said one of the plurality of display positions;

(3) a symbol modifier configured to operate in response to a determination that a plural special symbol is selected to be displayed in said one of the plurality of display positions and to modify the display of the plural special symbol displayed in said one of the plurality of display positions by causing said game controller to cause the display to (i) display one singular special symbol in said one of the plurality of display positions, and ii) display at least one other singular special symbol in no more than a number (N−1) of the plurality of display positions; and

(4) an outcome generator configured to determine a game outcome based on the displayed symbols as modified by the symbol modifier.

2. A gaming system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the game controller is further configured to replace the symbols displayed in said no more the number (N−1) of the plurality of display positions with a singular special symbol.

3. A gaming system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the set of symbols comprises at least one activable plural special symbol selectable to appear at a display position, and wherein the game controller is further configured to activate each selected activable plural special symbol appearing in said one of the plurality of display positions, whereafter the game controller is further configured to automatically select said no more the number (N−1) of the plurality of display positions for the number (N−1) of singular special symbols.

4. A gaming system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the game controller is further configured to select said no more the number (N−1) of the plurality of display positions corresponding to the number (N−1) of singular special symbols.

5. A gaming system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the game controller is further configured to activate the plural special symbol in response to a trigger event.

6. A gaming system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the special symbol is one or more of: a wild symbol, a multiplier symbol, a scatter symbol, a jackpot symbol, or a repeat win symbol.

7. A gaming system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the special symbol is activated by a player.

8. A gaming system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the special symbol is activated when a trigger event occurs.

9. A gaming system as claimed in claim 1 wherein each special symbol is the same.

10. A gaming system as claimed in claim 1 wherein at least one special symbol is different to another special symbol.

11. A gaming system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plural special symbol is a collective symbol different in appearance to the singular special symbols.

Assignments (6)