Patent ID: 11941949
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A method of operating a gaming system that comprises a processor circuit and a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor circuit, causes the processor circuit to perform operations comprising:
displaying, by a display device and for a first play of a game, a first plurality of symbols at a first plurality of symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reels, a first plurality of event symbols, and a second plurality of event symbols,
wherein the first plurality of symbol display positions is located between the first plurality of event symbols and the second plurality of event symbols;
responsive to an occurrence of a reel position location modification event associated with a reel of the plurality of reels: modifying, by the processor circuit, a location of that reel relative to the first plurality of event symbols and the second plurality of event symbols; and
responsive to a modified location of the reel being a designated event symbol location, triggering, by the processor circuit, an event associated with the first plurality of event symbols or the second plurality of event symbols and the reel,
wherein the first plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels is between a first event zone and a second event zone,
wherein the plurality of reels comprises a first reel of the plurality of reels and a second reel of the plurality of reels,
wherein the modified location comprises a first modified location corresponding to the first reel and a second modified location corresponding to the second reel,
wherein the first reel is modified to move towards the first event zone to be at the first modified location and the second reel is modified to move towards the second event zone to be at the second modified location that is different from the first modified location.