Patent ID: 7736223

Claim:
An electronic gaming method comprising the steps of: constructing a game field having a plurality of elements for an interactive touch screen game display on an electronic game terminal wherein each element is filled by a game symbol from a plurality of predetermined game symbols, wherein the game symbols for each element are automatically determined such that there is at least one winning combination for each play of the game but there is no winning combination without player interaction with the game display; testing the game field prior to displaying the game to the player to ensure that a winning combination more valuable than the determined winning combination is not generated inadvertently in completing the field; automatically displaying an actual game to be played on the touch screen display to a player prior to initiating activation of game play; receiving the player's selection of a field element as a location for a wild symbol and determining each winning combination of symbols that is formed by such selection; and displaying each winning combination of symbols on the touch screen display.