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

Claim 14:
15. 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;
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:
(a) randomly present one of the plurality of symbols in each of the plurality of reel cells, wherein the plurality of symbols includes a plurality of special symbols;
(b) identify a bonus-initiating event based on the special symbols being presented in a plurality of the reel cells;
(c) hold the special symbols at their respective ones of the plurality of reel cells;
(d) randomly present one of the plurality of symbols, which may or may not be one of the special symbols, in each of the remaining plurality of reel cells that does not hold the special symbols including reel cells that are in a same column of the game grid as a reel cell that is holding a special symbol;
(e) hold any newly presented ones of the special symbols at their respective ones of the remaining plurality of reel cells;
(f) continue (d) and (e) until a condition has been satisfied; and
(g) provide a final payout based on the special symbols when the condition has been satisfied.