Patent ID: 11861972
Assignee: KONAMI GAMING, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon to operate a gaming machine including a cabinet, a control panel mounted to the cabinet, a display device mounted to the cabinet, and a processor operably coupled to the control panel and the display device, when executed by the processor the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to perform an algorithm to display an animated sequence of computer-generated images on the display device including the steps of:
rendering a game screen on the display device including a grid including a plurality of cells arranged in a plurality of columns, each column including a predefined number of cells;
animating a corresponding bonus wheel game symbol to appear adjacent a top end of each column;
animating a stack of symbols to appear within each column with a first column including a first stack of symbols having a number of symbols that is less than a number of cells in the first column such that the first stack of symbols does not extend to a full height of the first column; and
rendering a prize wheel on the display device upon detecting a second column having a second stack of symbols extending to a full height of the second column.