Patent ID: 9728045
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. An electronic method of gaming for playing of a game using with a gaming machine having a credit input mechanism configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity, a memory having data indicative of a plurality of symbols, a controller having a random number generator, and a display having a plurality of sets of display positions, and said controller including a modification condition determiner and a display position selector, the method comprising: establishing a credit balance via said credit input mechanism receiving the physical item; in accord with having established the credit balance via the credit input mechanism receiving the physical item, selecting via said random number generator a plurality of the symbols from said memory; displaying each of said selected symbols at one of the display positions; determining via said modification condition determiner whether at least one modification condition has been met including determining said at least one modification condition based on at least one game condition; in response to said determining that said at least one modification condition has been met, selecting via said display position selector and said random number generator any one set of the symbols displayed at a first set of the display positions; modifying via said controller the selected said one set of the symbols, including interchanging said selected said one set of the symbols displayed at said first set of the display positions with a second set of symbols displayed at a second set of the display positions; and determining via said controller whether to make an award based on the symbols displayed at the plurality of sets of the display positions as modified.