Patent ID: 11941950
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A method of operating a gaming system comprising:
displaying, by a display device and for a first play of a game, a first plurality of symbols at a first plurality of symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reels, a first plurality of event symbols, and a second plurality of event symbols,
wherein the first plurality of symbol display positions is located between the first plurality of event symbols and the second plurality of event symbols;
responsive to an occurrence of a reel position location modification event associated with a reel of the plurality of reels: modifying, by a processor circuit, a location of that reel relative to the first plurality of event symbols and the second plurality of event symbols; and
responsive to a modified location of the reel being a designated event symbol location, triggering, by the processor circuit, an event associated with the first plurality of event symbols or the second plurality of event symbols and the reel,
wherein the event zone comprises a first event zone and a second event zone, and wherein the first plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels is between the first event zone and the second event zone, and

wherein a quantity of symbols displayed in the first plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels is less than a quantity of a plurality of symbol display positions that are between the first event zone and the second event zone.