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

Claim 11:
12. 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
an award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position,

responsive to the symbol being a designated symbol and a random occurrence of a modification event associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position:
modify the award associated with the symbol based on a randomly determined modification of the award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, wherein the 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
communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of the modified award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position, and

responsive to the symbol not being the designated symbol and the 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 the award associated with the symbol accumulated at the symbol display position without any modification to the award.