Patent ID: 8668567
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system comprising: at least one processor; at least one display device; at least one input device; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) display a play of a base game upon a wager by a player, the base game being associated with a plurality of base game symbols and a plurality of base game reels, each of the base game reels including a plurality of the base game symbols; (b) upon an occurrence of a free spin game triggering event, display a play of a free spin game associated with: (c) for said play of the free spin game, upon an occurrence of a symbol elimination triggering event, designate one of the free spin game symbols as an eliminated symbol, replace the eliminated symbol with one of the remaining free spin game symbols for at least one of the remaining free spins, and prevent the eliminated symbol from occurring in any remaining free spins of the free spin game reels such that a likelihood of achieving at least one winning combination of any remaining free spin game symbols in the remaining free spins is increased.