Patent ID: 8414370
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system, comprising a game controller arranged to control play of a base game and a feature game, and a display arranged to display a representation of play of the base game and the feature game, the game controller being arranged to: select a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols for play of the base game; control the display to display the selected plurality of symbols in fixed rows and columns; determine an outcome of the base game based on the selected plurality of symbols in the rows and columns, wherein a winning outcome of the base game is determined in response to the selected plurality of symbols forming a predefined winning pattern of symbols that spans across all columns of the display and that aligns with a win line from a plurality of activated win lines of the base game; generate a feature game after the base game in response to a trigger condition; and determine an outcome of the feature game depending on whether a non-linear pattern of symbols displayed in the fixed rows and columns of the display during the feature game is a winning pattern of symbols that is distinguishable from the plurality of activated win lines of the base game, wherein the non-linear pattern comprises two or more symbols within a column.