Patent ID: 11972656
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
initiating a gaming session for a grid-based game arranged as an array of cells on a display to be populated with symbols for plays of the grid-based game;
tracking a number of consecutive losing plays of the grid-based game during the gaming session;
rendering an interactive feature to the display when the number of consecutive losing plays exceeds a threshold, the interactive feature providing an option for a player of the grid-based game to reuse a wild symbol that appears in one play of the number of consecutive losing plays in a next play;
receiving, by the interactive feature displayed on the display, first input from the player to reuse the wild symbol in the next play;
generating, in response to the first input, a sequence of symbols comprising the wild symbol; and
causing the display to display the sequence of symbols populated in the array of cells.