Patent ID: 9595163
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G07F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon, the instructions when read by a processor of a computing device, causing the processor to perform a method, the method comprising: determining, by a processing device, that a first player of a primary game has qualified for entry into a bonus round of the primary game; outputting, via a player device associated with the player, a game interface of the bonus round, the game interface comprising a plurality of available symbol positions available for selection by the player; determining at least one element available to the player due to having been obtained by the player as a result of game play of the primary game and as a result of the player having placed at least one qualifying wager for the primary game, the at least one element being available to the player for placement during the bonus round on the available symbol position of the plurality of available symbol positions without requiring any additional wager from the player for the bonus round, wherein the player may place more than one of the at least one element on a particular available symbol position in order to increase a default value of a prize associated with the symbol position and wherein the player only has available for placement in the bonus round the at least one element obtained by the player as a result of game play of the primary game; determining which of the available symbol positions the player has placed one or more elements on, thereby determining at least one player selected symbol position; determining, for a game instance of the bonus round, an active symbol position for the game instance; determining, for the game instance, an outcome and a prize corresponding to the outcome; determining whether the active symbol position is a player selected symbol position; if the active symbol position is a player selected symbol position, retaining the active symbol position as an active position for a plurality of game instances of the bonus round until a prize is awarded to the player for the active position, not moving a game character further along a game interface until the prize is awarded and determining a final value of the prize to output to the player based on a default value of the prize and a number of elements the player has placed on the player selected symbol position; and outputting the prize of the final value to the player.