Patent ID: 8597100
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A game method comprising: selecting parameters to play a game, said parameters including at least one pay line from one or more selectable pay lines; placing a wager from a player associated with each selected payline to play a game; displaying the plurality of game symbols in a plurality of symbol positions, the pay lines defined by a combination of symbol positions; defining one or more combinations of game symbols from a plurality of game symbols wherein said one or more combinations define winning outcomes when located on a selected payline, said combinations consisting of active game symbols required for defining the winning outcome and inactive game symbols that consist of one or more game symbols that are not active game symbols; associating at least one marker with one or more of said game symbols, said markers having rules that modify winning outcomes; determining if the game symbols of the one or more combinations is located on a selected pay line to define a winning outcome; determining a base award for a winning outcome; determining if one or more of the active game symbols used in the combination defining the winning outcome is in association with a marker, and modifying the base award in accordance with the rules associated with the marker.