Patent ID: 7399225
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming device operated under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a plurality of reels controlled by said processor; a plurality of symbols on the reels; at least one transformable wild symbol on at least one of said reels, said transformable wild symbol having a plurality of states including at least one wild state and at least one non-wild state; and said transformable wild symbol having a plurality of indicators including at least one wild indicator adapted to indicate the wild state and at least one non-wild indicator adapted to indicated the non-wild state, wherein said processor is operable to cause the wild indicator to indicate the wild state and to cause the non-wild indicator to indicate the non-wild state, wherein said processor is operable to determine whether the transformable wild symbol is in the wild state or the non-wild state, and if the transformable wild symbol is in the wild state the transformable wild symbol functions as at least one of the other symbols.