Patent ID: 11922768
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed, cause at least one server connected to a gaming device to:
randomly, using a random number generator (RNG), determine a set of reels used to establish a playing field by randomly selecting each of the set of reels from a larger number of reels;
transmit data to cause a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by a display device of the gaming device to graphically render the playing field, the playing field including one or more symbols selected by randomly, using the RNG, assigning each of the set of reels to a column of the playing field;
determine a size of a mobile selector by selecting an entry in a lookup table from a set of entries, each of the set of entries having a probability of selection, at least some of the probabilities of selection differing from one another;
pseudo-randomly determine a position of the mobile selector within the playing field by graphically rendering the mobile selector and moving the mobile selector according to a fixed movement component and a random movement component; and
in the event a portion of at least one reel of the set of reels within the determined position of the graphically rendered mobile selector includes a prize or bonus symbol, awarding a prize to a player at the gaming device.