Patent ID: 8968076
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A memory device storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with at least one display device and at least one input device, for a play of a game, to: (a) display a plurality of symbol generators, each symbol generator including a plurality of symbols, at least one of said symbols being a designated symbol adapted to function as a wild activation symbol, and at least one of said symbols being a designated symbol adapted to function as a wild termination symbol, wherein a plurality of paths are associated with the symbol generators; (b) cause the symbol generators to display a plurality of the symbols; (c) determine if any of the paths include the designated symbol adapted to function as the wild activation symbol and the designated symbol adapted to function as the wild termination symbol, said designated symbol adapted to function as the wild activation symbol and said designated symbol adapted to function as the wild termination symbol being stationary for a rest of the play of the game after said plurality of the symbols are displayed for said play of the game, and said designated symbol adapted to function as the wild activation symbol and said designated symbol adapted to function as the wild termination symbol being displayed at different display positions; (d) after said determination, for each path including both the designated symbol adapted to function as the wild activation symbol and the designated symbol adapted to function as the wild termination symbol: (i) change all of the displayed symbols along the path between the designated symbol adapted to function as the wild activation symbol and the designated symbol adapted to function as the wild termination symbol into wild symbols for one evaluation of the path; and (e) display any awards for said winning combinations along said paths.