Patent ID: 11915544
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. The method of operating a gaming system of claim 10, further comprising:
independent of any determination of any award values associated with any displayed symbols at any symbol display positions associated with any reel sets, independent of any determination of any additional reel set triggering event randomly occurring in association with the primary reel set for the third activation of the reel activation sequence, independent of any determination of any additional reel set triggering event randomly occurring in association with the first additional reel set for the third activation of the reel activation sequence and responsive to an additional reel set triggering event not randomly occurring in association with the second additional reel set for the third activation of the reel activation sequence:
cease displaying, by the display device, of the second additional reel set while continuing to cause the display, by the display device, of the primary reel set, and the first additional reel set resized to accommodate the display device without the second additional reel set, and
thereafter and for a fourth activation of the reel activation sequence:
displaying, by the display device, of a fifth plurality of randomly determined symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the primary reel set,
displaying, by the display device, of a sixth plurality of randomly determined symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the first additional reel set,
displaying, by the display device, of any award values associated with the displayed fifth plurality of randomly determined symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the primary reel set, and
displaying, by the display device, of any award values associated with the displayed sixth plurality of randomly determined symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the first additional reel set.