Patent ID: 9196124
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying symbols by a display device of a reel-type gaming machine, the method comprising: displaying, by the display device of the reel-type gaming machine, a reel-display area to display a plurality of reels and at least one payline, wherein each reel of the plurality of reels comprises a respective plurality of symbols; displaying, by the display device, an animation of the plurality of reels spinning and then coming to rest within the reel-display area for a first turn of using the reel-type gaming machine; displaying, within the reel-display area of the display device as a result of the plurality of reels spinning and then coming to rest for the first turn of using the reel-type gaming machine, at least a portion of a first symbol at a first symbol position of the reel-display area and a first portion of a first off-reel display symbol on the first symbol at the first symbol position, wherein a second portion of the first off-reel display symbol is not initially displayed within the reel-display area after the plurality of reels come to rest for the first turn of using the reel-type gaming machine, wherein the first symbol and the first off-reel display symbol are symbols of a first reel of the plurality of reels, and wherein the first symbol position is part of a first payline displayed within the reel-display area; and determining, by a processing unit, that locating the first off-reel display symbol to the first symbol position would result in the display device displaying a winning symbol combination that is not displayed on the first payline while displaying the result of the plurality of reels spinning and then coming to rest for the first turn, and afterwards, displaying, within the reel-display area of the display device, the first off-reel-display symbol relocated to the first symbol position and the winning symbol combination on the first payline, wherein displaying the first off-reel display symbol relocated to the first symbol position includes displaying the first portion of the first off-reel display symbol and the second portion of the first off-reel display symbol within the reel-display area, wherein displaying the result of the plurality of reels spinning and then coming to rest for the first turn of using the reel-type gaming machine includes displaying at least one more symbol of the first reel within the reel-display area, wherein each symbol of the at least one more symbol of the first reel is displayed at a respective position within the reel-display area, and wherein the at least one more symbol of the first reel does not change positions within the reel-display area when changing the display from displaying the result of the plurality of reels spinning and then coming to rest for the first turn of using the reel-type gaming machine to displaying the winning symbol combination that includes the first off-reel-display symbol relocated to the first symbol position.