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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2015
Ursa Major Media, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Benjamin C. Hoffman, Reno, NV (US);
William F. Burrows, Reno, NV (US);
Jason B. Newmark, Reno, NV (US);
Lucas A. Munns, Reno, NV (US);
Joseph G. Berger, Reno, NV (US);
Farhad Ahmadzai, Reno, NV (US);
URSA Major Media, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a gaming device to play an expanding halo reels game may include the steps of: Displaying a plurality of reels, each of the reels comprising a plurality of symbols; receiving a wager; spinning the reels; stopping the reels; evaluating the stopped reels for a winning combination of symbols; activating a first halo when there is a winning combination of symbols, the first halo comprising a plurality of symbols that surround at least a portion of the reels; moving the first halo with respect to the reels; stopping the first halo; evaluating the stopped first halo and reels for a winning combination of symbols; and terminating game play when there is no winning combination of symbols.