Patent ID: 9600958
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming device comprising: a controller to control a video display; a plurality of player-activated input devices in communication with the controller for accepting a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance and for initiating a game in response to inputs indicative of respective wagers covered by the credit balance; a data structure stored in a memory comprising data corresponding to a plurality of virtual reel strips of game symbols; a data structure stored in the memory comprising data corresponding to a virtual modifier reel strip, the virtual modifier reel strip associated with a paired virtual reel strip of the plurality of virtual reel strips and comprising modifier indicators arranged in a series; wherein the controller is configured to: couple the series of modifier indicators of the virtual modifier reel strip with the game symbols of its paired virtual reel strip; randomly select, for each virtual reel strip, a segment to be displayed as part of a game outcome, arranging the selected segments of the virtual reel strips on the display with any corresponding modifier indicators overlaid on the displayed game symbols; if a displayed portion of a virtual reel strip includes an overlaid modifier, to modify the game outcome according to the modifier; and receive, via at least one of the player activated input devices, a cashout input that initiates a payout from the credit balance.