Patent ID: 9235965
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. An electronic gaming device comprising: a plurality of display areas, the plurality of display areas configured to display one or more symbols; a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value; a memory; a processor configured to determine a credit balance based at least in part on the received item, the processor configured to determine a wager amount relating to game play where the wager amount is subtracted from the credit balance, the processor configured to generate one or more symbols to be located in the one or more display areas, the one or more symbols include one or more persistent wilds, the processor configured to hold for one or more subsequent spins a first persistent wild in a first location on a first reel and a second persistent wild in a second location on a second reel where the first persistent wild is held in the first location on the first reel until a first persistent wild counter number reaches a trigger number and the first persistent wild being configured to explode based on the first persistent wild counter number reaching the trigger number, and the processor configured to determine one or more payouts based on game play where the credit balance is increased by an determined awards associated with the one or more payouts.