Patent ID: 11928915
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a first set of symbols and a second set of symbols, the first set of symbols shares a plurality of common symbols with the second set of symbols, and instructions for conducting a game in a gaming system comprising at least one processor, and the instructions, which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform at least the steps of:
controlling a first gaming device to animate a first game instance for a first plurality of reels and a second game instance for a second plurality of reels, and a separator separating the first plurality of reels from the second plurality of reels;
controlling the first gaming device to animate a removal of the separator between the first plurality of reels and the second plurality of reels;
causing the first gaming device to initiate a merging of the first plurality of reels, the second plurality of reels, and an additional group of reels replacing the separator removed and having the plurality of common symbols between the first plurality of reels and the second plurality of reels when a merging condition occurs; and
transmitting signals to the first gaming device indicative of a new set of symbols selected randomly for the first plurality of reels and the second plurality of reels from the first set of symbols and the second set of symbols, respectively, based on one or more random numbers generated by a random number generator, and the plurality of common symbols in the additional group of reels, to increase a selectability of common symbols.