Patent ID: 6921335
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming device comprising: a display device; a plurality of reels displayed by the display device; a processor operable to control the reels; a plurality of symbols on the reels; a transformation probability greater than zero percent and less than one hundred percent associated with one of the symbols on the reels, wherein said transformation probability is associated with said symbol regardless of the position at which the symbol is displayed by the display device; at least one activator symbol on the reels, wherein when the activator symbol is displayed by the display device, and the symbol which has the associated transformation probability is displayed by the display device, the processor randomly determines if said symbol displayed by the display device is transformed into a functional symbol based on the transformation probability associated with said symbol; and if the processor determines that said symbol is transformed into said functional symbol, causing said functional symbol to be displayed by the display device.