Jennifer Bautista

David Twomey

The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing symbol upgrade features in games. An illustrative method includes receiving a first input from a player interacting with a gaming device initiating a first play of a game, where the game comprises an array of cells. The method further includes determining that a randomly-generated first distribution of symbols includes a common symbol in a first cell and a second cell. The method further includes upgrading a cell in the array of cells with an upgrade symbol, where the upgrade symbol represents that the common symbol in the first cell and the second cell have been combined into the upgrade symbol in response to determining that the first cell and the second cell include the common symbol.

Automated symbol upgrade and symbol removal during link and respin feature

In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an award based on adding layers of symbol display positions to a symbol display position matrix.

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Albany, CA, United States of America

Jennifer Bautista