Patent ID: 11928934
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A gaming system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor in association with a sequence comprising a plurality of plays of a game, cause the processor to:
communicate data that results in a display, by a display device, of:
a symbol accumulated at a symbol display position, and
a first award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position,

responsive to a first random occurrence of a modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of a second award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, wherein the second award is based on the first award and a randomly determined modification of the first award, and the first random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position occurs independent of any other symbols displayed at any other symbol display positions, and
responsive to a second, subsequent random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of a third award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, wherein the third award is based on the second award and a randomly determined modification of the second award, the second, subsequent random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position occurs independent of any other symbols displayed at any other symbol display positions, and the second, subsequent random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position occurs independent of the first random occurrence of the modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position.