Patent ID: 8795059
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a wagering game via a gaming terminal, the method comprising: receiving, via an input device, a wager to play the wagering game; displaying, on one or more display devices, a base array of symbol positions arranged in a plurality of columns; randomly distributing a plurality of symbols such that each of the symbol positions in the base array of symbol positions is associated with one or more of the plurality of symbols, at least two of the plurality of symbols being reel-expansion symbols, each of the reel-expansion symbols bearing a respective number, the randomly distributing including associating two reel-expansion symbols with respective ones of the symbol positions in the base array of symbol positions; indicating, via the two reel-expansion symbols, an extent by which the base array of symbol positions is to be expanded; expanding the base array of symbol positions into an expanded array of symbol positions, the expanded array of symbol positions including at least one additional symbol position, the number of additional symbol positions being equal to a sum of the respective numbers of the two reel-expansion symbols; and displaying, on the one or more display devices, the expanded array of symbol positions.