Patent ID: 9747757
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming device comprising: a video display device having a game play area including: a player interface including at least one button, the button configured to generate a signal in response to being activated; a wager input device structured to receive physical items associated with currency values; a memory configured to store a credit amount and store data related to a first game reel, a second game reel, and a third game reel, wherein the first game reel includes a first combination of game symbols, the second game reel includes a second combination of game symbols, and the third game reel includes a third combination of game symbols; and game circuitry operable to: receive a signal from the wager input device indicating receipt of a physical item associated with a currency value; increase the credit amount stored in the memory based on the currency value associated with the received physical item; receive a wager on a game event, the wager decreasing the credit amount stored in the memory, spin the first game reel, the second game reel, and the third game reel through the grid of symbol positions, determine a first outcome for the first game reel, stop the first game reel to display the determined first outcome for the first game reel in the grid of symbol positions, determine when a trigger condition is satisfied by the first outcome, display a special indicator symbol in an indicator position of the indicator grid corresponding to the first game reel when the trigger condition is satisfied by the first outcome, modify the second combination of game symbols on the second game reel to generate a fourth combination of game symbols when the trigger condition is satisfied by the first outcome, determine a second outcome for the second game reel using the fourth combination of game symbols, stop the second game reel to display the determined second outcome for the second game reel in the grid of symbol positions and; increase the credit amount stored in the memory based on any awards associated with the game event.