Patent ID: 8277307

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to, for a play of a game operable upon a wager: (a) display a plurality of reels associated with a plurality of symbols, each of the symbols being configured to be displayed at one of a plurality of symbol positions associated with the reels, the symbols including: (i) at least one wild symbol; (ii) a first triggering symbol associated with a first randomly determined quantity of moves, the first randomly determined quantity being at least one; and (iii) a second triggering symbol associated with a second, different randomly determined quantity of moves, the second randomly determined quantity being at least one; (b) generate and simultaneously display a first plurality of the symbols at the symbol positions; and (c) if the simultaneously displayed first plurality of the symbols includes at least one of the triggering symbols and the at least one wild symbol: (i) determine the reel on which the at least one wild symbol is displayed; (ii) expand the displayed at least one wild symbol to one or more symbol positions associated with the determined reel to form an expanded wild symbol set; (iii) determine if any winning symbol combinations are indicated on the reels in an initial award evaluation of the simultaneously displayed first plurality of the symbols and the expanded wild symbol set; (iv) for each of the randomly determined quantity of moves associated with the displayed at least one of the triggering symbols: (A) move the expanded wild symbol set to one of the reels; and (B) determine if any winning symbol combinations are indicated on the reels in a subsequent award evaluation of the simultaneously displayed first plurality of the symbols and the expanded wild symbol set; and (v) provide any awards to the player for each winning symbol combination indicated on the reels in the initial and subsequent award evaluations.