Michael DeBrabander

Robin Hare

William C Redick

Dieter Goriup

Stephen Calvert

Janner Redera

Chris Strauss

Les Lasater

Robert Landis

Jeremy Miller

David Shane

Roman A Souza

Boris Hallerbach

Kelsy J Foster

Oliver Newstead

Jennifer Warner

Kevin Reasbeck

Gaming systems and methods configured to independently generate, display, and provide different features and enhanced features in association with activators during plays of a game, and which includes reconfiguring one or more of the pots, one or more of the features associated with one or more of the pots, one or more of the activators associated with one or more of the pots, and/or one or more of the chances of activating one or more of the features for one or more plays of a game based on an enhanced wager amount for a play of the game.

Independently randomly generated different features associated with different activators

Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface

Gaming systems and methods configured to display, for one more of activations of the symbol displays for a play of a game, an automatic activation zone associated with the symbol displays. For the play of the game: (a) if an activator is displayed on one of the symbols displays at the automatic activation zone, the gaming system automatically activates the pot associated with that activator and thus the feature associated with that pot; and (b) if an activator is displayed on one of the symbols displays not in the automatic activation zone, the gaming system randomly determines whether to activate the pot associated with that activator and thus the feature associated with that pot. In either activation case, the activated feature can then be used for one or more subsequent activations of the symbol displays.

Independently randomly and/or automatically generated different features associated with activators

Gaming systems that in various embodiments provide for each of a plurality of pots, when the activator occurrence indicator(s) associated with that pot reach a pot conversion level for that pot, the occurrence of the activator associated with that pot causes an enhancement of the feature associated with that pot. Gaming systems that in various embodiments provide for each of a plurality of pots, when the activator occurrence indicator(s) associated with that pot reach a pot conversion level for that pot, the occurrence of the activator associated with that pot causes that pot to switch from a perceived persistence pot to an actual persistence pot such that a subsequent activator associated with that pot can automatically cause an activation of that pot.

Independently randomly generated different features and enhancements associated with different activators

Gaming systems and methods configured to independently generate, display, and provide different full and partial features in association with different activators during plays of a game. If the gaming system determines not to provide the full feature associated with a pot based on an occurrence of the activator associated with that pot, the gaming system determines whether to provide a partial feature associated with that pot. The gaming system is also configured to, for each partial feature to determine how many plays of the game to provide the partial feature for.

Independently randomly generated different full and partial features associated with activators

Display screen or a portion thereof with a graphical user interface

Gaming systems configured to provide a first quantity of activations of symbol displays of a game and then a second quantity of activations of the symbols displays of the game. For each of the first quantity of activations of the symbol displays, the gaming system is configured to, for each occurrence of any one of first, second, and third activators: (i) determine if that activator causes an activation of the pot associated with that activator and the feature associated therewith, (ii) responsive to the activator not resulting in an activation of the pot associated with the activator, display a change to an activator occurrence indicator associated with that pot, and (iii) responsive to the activator resulting in an activation of the pot associated with the activator, display an indication of an activated feature associated with the activated pot, wherein for the first quantity of activations of the symbol displays, each of the first, second, and third features respectively associated with the first, second, and third pots can become activated features. For each of the second quantity of activations of the symbol displays, the gaming system is configured to, for each activated feature, provide that activated feature in association with the activation of the symbols displays.

Gaming systems and methods providing a symbol accumulation sequence that includes one or more different enhancement features. The different enhancement features can be provided individually or can be provided in any suitable combination of these different enhancement features including two or more or all of the different enhancement features combined together. The different enhancement features include can include an extra-row enhancement feature.

Symbol accumulation sequence with one or more different enhancement features

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface

Gaming systems and methods providing a symbol accumulation sequence that includes one or more different enhancement features. The different enhancement features can be provided individually or can be provided in any suitable combination of these different enhancement features including two or more or all of the different enhancement features combined together. The different enhancement features can include a multi-function sequence triggering symbol enhancement feature.

Gaming systems and methods that randomly determine a quantity of ways to win for a play of a game by randomly determining a quantity of active symbol display positions to employ for that play of the game.

Random quantity of ways of winning

Gaming systems and methods that randomly modify a value of an accumulated symbol upon each occurrence of a modification event.

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Michael DeBrabander