Patent ID: 11875644
Assignee: LNW GAMING, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A gaming machine comprising:
a display device configured to present a plurality of symbol positions; and
game-logic circuitry configured to:
in response to detecting a trigger event, cause the display device to visibly reveal a multiplier region including a subset of the plurality of symbol positions;
cause the display device to present one or more multiplier selectors for the multiplier region, each of the one or more multiplier selectors associated with a respective symbol position of the subset and including a respective set of multipliers visibly presented by the display device and including at least two multipliers having a multiplier value greater than one;
cause the display device to present one or more game outcomes with the multiplier region active by populating the plurality of symbol positions with randomly selected symbols, wherein the randomly selected symbols are selected from one or more sets of available symbols including value-bearing symbols, each of the value-bearing symbols having award indicia visibly indicating an award value associated with the value-bearing symbol;
cause the display device to animate a selection sequence for the one or more multiplier selectors associated with symbol positions of the subset being occupied by value-bearing symbols through the one or more game outcomes, the selection sequence including an animation cycling through the respective set of multipliers, wherein the cycling animation visibly indicates selectable multipliers from the respective set of multipliers;
in response to the selection sequence, cause the display device to stop the cycling animation and visibly select a multiplier from the respective set of multipliers for each of the one or more multiplier selectors associated with the symbol positions of the subset being occupied by value-bearing symbols through the one or more game, the selected multiplier being at least partially randomly selected by the game-logic circuitry; and
cause the display device to visibly update the award indicia for each of the value-bearing symbols occupying the symbol positions of the subset that are associated with the one or more multiplier selectors to visually indicate a respective updated award value at least partially as a function of an initial award value of the value-bearing symbol and the corresponding selected multiplier.