Patent ID: 11908280
Assignee: nan
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A slot game apparatus for participating in a slot game event, comprising:
a display presenting a plurality of reel cells organized in a game grid including a plurality of columns each including multiple ones of the plurality of reel cells and a plurality of rows each including multiple ones of the plurality of reel cells, where each of the plurality of the reels cells is independently capable of presenting one of a plurality of symbols therein, and wherein the plurality of symbols includes special symbols;
a user interface including at least one user input to enable a player to initiate the slot game events which includes randomizing and presenting the symbols in their respective reel cells;
a wager input device structured to identify and validate player assets, and to permit the player to play the slot game events when the player assets are provided; and
a processor configured to:
spin each of the plurality of reel cells;
identify a bonus event based on at least a plurality of the special symbols presented in respective ones of the reel cells;
hold the special symbols in their respective reel cells such that they do not change in response to one or more subsequent re-spins of the reel cells during the bonus event;
re-spin each of the reel cells not associated with the special symbols to provide one of the plurality of symbols, which may or may not be one of the special symbols, in the reel cells including reel cells that are in a same column of the game grid as a reel cell that is holding a special symbol;
hold newly presented ones of the special symbols in their respective reel cells, and re-spin each of the reel cells not associated with the special symbols, as long as a predefined condition is met; and
calculate a final payout based on at least the special symbols that were held during the spin and re-spins of the plurality of reel cells.