Patent ID: 9530287
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming system comprising: a housing; at least one display device supported by the housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing and including an acceptor; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the plurality of input devices to: (a) establish a credit balance based at least in part on a monetary value of currency after the acceptor receives the currency; (b) place a wager after an actuation of a wager button is received, the credit balance being decreasable by the wager; (c) display a reel spinning at a first speed, the reel having a plurality of symbols including a designated symbol; (d) display part of the reel within a symbol display region, the symbol display region having at least a first region configured to reveal one of the symbols and a second region adjacent to the first region; (e) while the reel is spinning, determine whether the designated symbol will appear at the first region; (f) if the designated symbol will appear at the first region, change the reel from spinning at the first speed to spinning at a second speed different from the first speed when any part of the designated symbol appears at the first region; (g) continue spinning the reel at the second speed while the designated symbol moves in a direction from the first region toward the second region and when the designated symbol is no longer displayed in the symbol display region, display the reel spinning at the first speed; (h) display the reel stopped after a reel stop event occurs; (i) determine any awards based on one or more of the displayed symbols, the credit balance being increasable by any awards; and (j) initiate a payout associated with the credit balance after an actuation of a cashout button is received.