Patent ID: 11961356
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium with a plurality of instructions thereon for conducting a game on an electronic gaming system having at least one server for maintaining a return-to-player percentage comprising at least one processor, and wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform the steps of:
transmitting to a client device a configuration of a plurality of background patterns selected randomly from a set of background reel strips and a first weighted table from a plurality of weighted tables, controlling the return-to-player percentage based on one or more random numbers generated by a random number generator;
controlling the client device to animate a plurality of background symbols selected from the plurality of background patterns;
controlling the client device to overlay the plurality of background symbols selected with a plurality of foreground symbols selected from a set of foreground reel strips;
responsive to the plurality of foreground symbols selected including a qualifier symbol and the plurality of background symbols selected including a predetermined number of defined symbols, controlling the client device to animate the qualifier symbol and the predetermined number of defined symbols being replaced by a plurality of replacement symbols specified by a first replacement mechanism selected from the first weighted table; and
controlling the client device to animate a winning output evaluated from the plurality of foreground symbols selected and the replacement symbols.