Patent ID: 9492736
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. An electronic gaming device comprising: a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value; 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 plurality of display areas; a memory; a processor configured to generate and cause to be displayed in the plurality of display areas one or more symbols, the one or more symbols include one or more domino symbols, the processor configured to determine a domino payout based on a domino game structure and one or more replacement domino symbols; and wherein one of the one or more domino symbols located in the plurality of display areas is a first domino blocker symbol, the first domino blocker symbol inhibiting a winning combination; wherein the processor is configured to replace the first domino blocker symbol with a first domino replacement symbol based on a received replacement command by the player, the first domino replacement symbol being selected from a replacement domino symbol area located external to the plurality of display areas, wherein the first domino replacement symbol is configured to rotate to form one or more winning combinations; and the processor is configured to generate the domino payout based on a determination that a combination of symbols located in the plurality of display areas including at least said first domino replacement symbol form one or more winning combinations, wherein the determination that the combination of symbols form one or more winning combinations comprises reading the one or more domino symbols and the first domino replacement symbol in a plurality of directions according to a domino payline structure, wherein the domino payline structure evaluates the read symbols according to the domino game structure in the plurality of directions, where the plurality of directions comprise at least a left-to-right direction and a right-to-left direction which comprise horizontally adjacent symbols, and an up-to-down direction, and a down-to-up which comprise vertically adjacent symbols; wherein the one or more winning combinations includes a first combination which comprises successive adjacent domino symbols in the plurality of display areas containing an equal number of pips on adjacent domino tiles; and wherein the credit balance is increased by any determined award amounts.