Patent ID: 9224270
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a slot game to a player, the slot game including a plurality of reels, each reel having a plurality of game symbols in a predetermined order, including the steps of: allowing the player to make a wager on the game; initiating the game and responsively spinning the reels, the reels being displayed in a grid comprised of a plurality of symbol positions, the spinning reels being visible in the grid during play of the game; displaying a first one of the reels containing a stack of adjacent, identical symbols and displaying the stack of adjacent, identical symbols with a first single graphic overlay as the stack of adjacent, identical symbols appears in the grid, the first single graphic overlay extending across the stack of adjacent, identical symbols as the stack of adjacent, identical symbols is moving through the grid, the stack of adjacent, identical symbols including a first number of symbols, the first single graphic overlay extending across a second number of symbols that is less than the first number of symbols; randomly determining an outcome of the game and responsively stopping the reels to display the outcome of the game, the outcome of the game including one of the symbols from a corresponding reel being displayed at each symbol position; and, awarding the player an award as a function of the wager, the outcome of the game and a predetermined paytable.