Patent ID: 9741210
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming system comprising: a display device; a wager-input device; an acceptor supported by the housing and configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value; a processor; and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: (a) establish a credit balance based at least in part on the monetary value associated with the physical item responsive to receipt of the physical item by the acceptor; (b) place a wager responsive to receipt of a wager input by the wager-input device, the credit balance decreasable by the wager; (c) initiate a play of a game associated with multiple symbol generators each including a plurality of symbols, wherein each symbol generator of a first set of one or more of the symbol generators is initially associated with a first characteristic and each symbol generator of a second set of one or more of the symbol generators is initially associated with a second different characteristic; (d) for a first activation of the symbol generators: (e) initiate a payout associated with the credit balance responsive to a cashout input.