Patent ID: 9576436
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming machine for playing a wagering game, the gaming machine comprising: a credit input mechanism configured to receive a physical item representing a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity; an output mechanism configured to provide payouts to a player; a first set of symbols comprising a plurality of standard symbols and a plurality of special symbols, the number of standard symbols to the number of special symbols forming a ratio; a game controller configured, in accord with a wager made from the established credit balance, to a) play said wagering game comprising a base game, b) randomly select a symbol from the first set of symbols during said play of said base game, and c) to maintain said ratio at a fixed value for the base game; a display having a plurality of display positions, and configured to display said selected symbol in a non-revealed manner in one of said display positions; and a symbol characteristic nominator being player-actuatable to nominate at least one characteristic of a symbol; and wherein said game controller is further configured to reveal the characteristic of the selected symbol after said nomination; and wherein said display is further configured to display the selected symbol in a revealed manner; and wherein said game controller is further configured to, in response to the revealed selected symbol being a special symbol having the nominated characteristic, award a feature game comprising a plurality of bonus plays, and wherein in the feature game,