Patent ID: 8366540

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a display device; and, a processor configured to execute a game displaying, on said display device, a matrix of symbol containing elements having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; wherein at least one column of said matrix comprising a portion of a simulated rotatable reel of a plurality of said symbol containing elements; wherein said simulated rotatable reel comprising sections of symbol containing elements displaying a plurality of symbols; wherein said simulated rotatable reel including at least one section in which a consecutive run of two or more of said symbol containing elements is populated by a first identical symbol; wherein said first identical symbol is used for a first play of said game; wherein a second identical symbol is randomly selected, and wherein the first identical symbol is replaced by the second identical symbol in said consecutive run of two or more of said symbol containing elements, said second identical symbol being used for a second play of said game.