Patent ID: 11915544
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. The method of operating a gaming system of claim 9, responsive to the additional reel set triggering event randomly occurring in association with the first additional reel set for the second activation of the reel activation sequence, for the third activation of the reel activation sequence:
displaying, by the display device, of the primary reel set, the first additional reel set and a second additional reel set sized to accommodate the display device,
displaying, by the display device, of a fifth plurality of randomly determined symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the primary reel set,
displaying, by the display device, of a sixth plurality of randomly determined symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the first additional reel set,
displaying, by the display device, of a seventh plurality of randomly determined symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions associated with the second additional reel set,
displaying, by the display device, of any award values associated with the displayed fifth plurality of randomly determined symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the primary reel set,
displaying, by the display device, of any award values associated with the displayed sixth plurality of randomly determined symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the first additional reel set, and
displaying, by the display device, of any award values associated with the displayed seventh plurality of randomly determined symbols at the plurality of symbol display positions associated with the second additional reel set.