Patent ID: 8616956
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of conducting a wagering game via a gaming system, the gaming system including one or more input devices, one or more display devices, and one or more processors, the wagering game including a randomly selected game outcome represented, at least in part, by displaying symbols including at least one of a first play-enhancement icon and a second play-enhancement icon, the method comprising: receiving, via at least one of the one or more input devices, an input indicative of a wager from a player to initiate the wagering game; randomly selecting, via at least one of the one or more processors, a game outcome from a plurality of possible game outcomes; displaying, on at least one of the one or more display devices, a plurality of spinning reels to represent randomly selecting the game outcome; enhancing, via at least one of the one or more processors, the game outcome in direct response to the first play-enhancement icon providing a first bonus feature at any time prior to stopping the spinning reels; stopping the spinning reels and displaying, on at least one of the one or more display devices, at least a portion of the game outcome including symbols on the plurality of stopped reels; and enhancing the game outcome in direct response to the second play-enhancement icon providing a second bonus feature at any time including before spinning the reels, while the reels are spinning, and after the reels stop spinning.