Patent ID: 8696440
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system having a game controller arranged to: determine, based on a wagered amount in a base game, whether one or more wild symbols are to be added to a grid of a secondary game; select a position to display the one or more wild symbols, if any, in the grid; select a position for each of a plurality of game symbols in the grid, the plurality of game symbols including at least a plurality of a first symbol type and a plurality of a second symbol type, each of the selected plurality of game symbols being positioned in one of a plurality of display positions of the grid that is not occupied by one of the one or more wild symbols; and determine whether a first line connects a first pair of opposing sides of the grid, the first line being formed by a contiguous plurality of the first symbol type, either alone or in combination with one or more of the one or more wild symbols, the first line not being allowed to extend into a display position of the plurality of display positions that is occupied by the second symbol type.