Patent ID: 9345961
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. An electronic gaming device comprising: a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value; a plurality of display areas, the plurality of display areas configured to display one or more symbols in one or more symbol areas; a memory; a user input device configured to enable a player to select a wager amount and initiate a game play where the wager amount is subtracted from a credit balance, the credit balance being funded at least in part via the credit device; a processor configured to display the one or more symbols in the one or more symbol areas, the one or more symbols include a first directional expanding scatter symbol and a first dormant scatter symbol, the processor configured to modify the first dormant scatter symbol into a first award value based on a first interaction determination and the processor configured to modify the first dormant scatter symbol into a second award value based on a second interaction determination where the first interaction determination is based on a first spatial determination between the first directional expanding scatter symbol and the first dormant scatter symbol and the second interaction determination is based on a second spatial determination between the first directional expanding scatter symbol and the first dormant scatter symbol, where the first spatial determination is based on both a first horizontal distance determination and a first vertical distance determination and the second spatial determination is based on both a second horizontal distance determination and a second vertical distance determination.