Patent ID: 9022865
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G07F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating an electronic game having multiple positions on which a player may place one or more elements, comprising: determining, by a processing device, that a first player of a primary game has qualified for entry into a bonus round of the primary game; outputting, via a player device associated with the player, a game interface of the bonus round, the game interface comprising a plurality of available symbol positions available for selection by the player; determining one or more elements available to the player due to having been obtained by the player as a result of game play of the primary game, each of the one or more elements being available to the player for placement on at least one of the plurality of available symbol positions, wherein the player may place more than one of the elements on a particular available symbol position of the plurality of available symbol positions in order to increase a default value of a prize associated with the particular available symbol position; determining which of the available symbol positions the player has placed one or more elements on, thereby determining at least one player selected symbol position; determining, for a game instance of the bonus round, an active symbol position for the game instance; determining, for the game instance, an outcome and a prize corresponding to the outcome; determining whether the active symbol position is a player selected symbol position; if the active symbol position is a player selected symbol position, determining a final value of the prize to output to the player based on a default value of the prize and a number of elements the player has placed on the player selected symbol by applying a multiplier to the default value, the multiplier being based on the number of elements placed by the player on the player selected symbol position; and outputting a prize of the final value to the player.