Patent ID: 11954977
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A gaming system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
for a first play of a game:
cause a display, by a display device, of a random symbol at each of a first random quantity of active symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reels, wherein a size of each of the plurality of reels is constant independent of the first random quantity of active symbol display positions associated with that reel, and
after each of the random symbols is displayed at each of the first random quantity of active symbol display positions for the first play of the game, cause a display, by the display device, of a first award that is based on a ways to win symbol evaluation, wherein a first quantity of ways to win is based on the first random quantity of active symbol display positions, and

for a second play of the game:
cause a display, by the display device, of a random symbol at each of a second, different random quantity of active symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels, wherein a size of each of the plurality of reels is constant independent of the second, different random quantity of active symbol display positions associated with that reel, and
after each of the random symbols is displayed at each of the second, different random quantity of active symbol display positions for the second play of the game, cause a display, by the display device, of a second award that is based on the ways to win symbol evaluation, wherein a second quantity of ways to win is based on the second, different random quantity of active symbol display positions.