Patent ID: 11922768
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A method for utilizing a gaming device to graphically render a playing field including one or more symbols in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a display device and use a mobile selector graphically rendered within the playing field to determine a win or loss of a game by a player, comprising:
randomly, using a random number generator (RNG), determining a set of reels used to establish the playing field by randomly selecting each of the set of reels from a larger number of reels;
causing the display device to graphically render, in the GUI, the playing field by selecting portions of the set of reels to constitute the playing field by randomly, using the RNG, assigning each of the set of reels to a column of the playing field;
pseudo-randomly determining a position of the graphically rendered mobile selector within the playing field by moving the mobile selector according to a fixed movement component and a random movement component; and
in the event at least one portion of the selected portions of the set of reels within the determined position of the graphically rendered mobile selector includes a prize or bonus symbol, awarding a prize to the player; wherein:
across a number of games, a change in volatility due to pseudo-randomly determining the position of the graphically rendered mobile selector is offset by a change in volatility due to the randomly, using the RNG, assigning each of the set of reels to a column of the playing field.