Patent ID: 8540565

Claim:
A gaming machine having standard and bonus game play mode, comprising: a housing; an interface attached to a housing; a computer in operative communication with the interface, the computer having a memory and a processor, the memory stores game play instructions and a set of symbols including game symbols, scatter symbols and wild symbols; the game play instructions include instructions for a standard game play mode and bonus game play mode; during standard game play mode, the interface displays a matrix of symbols representing reels, and the computer calculates payouts based on the symbols, which are randomly arranged within the matrix; when a predetermined number of scatter symbols appear in the matrix of symbols in standard game play mode, bonus game play commences and at least some of the scatter symbols are transformed into wild symbols that remain during bonus game play; bonus game play mode includes multiple reel spins, the wild symbols presented at commencement of bonus game play mode remain stationary during each reel spin and then as the reels are slowed, the wild symbols move to a random location in the matrix of symbols, and during bonus game play mode, the maximum number of wild symbols displayed in any matrix column is one and the wild symbol covers two locations in any matrix column where the wild symbol appears.