Patent ID: 11900770
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A gaming system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
cause a display, by a display device, of a plurality of game elements at a plurality of game element display positions,
independent of and not responsive to the display of the plurality of game elements at the plurality of game element display positions, cause a display, by the display device, of a quantity of triggering elements, and
responsive to at least one triggering element being accumulated at each of a plurality of triggering element display positions respectively associated with each of the plurality of game element display positions:
cause a display, by the display device, of a triggering of an event, and
responsive to a first plurality of triggering elements being accumulated at a first one of the plurality of triggering element display positions associated with a first one of the plurality of game element display positions, cause a display, by the display device, of an activation of a first feature associated with the first one of the plurality of game element display positions.