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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2019
Ags Llc, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Eric Steven Boese, Decatur, GA (US);
Jason Prometheus Pawloski, Atlanta, GA (US);
Bradley Donald Schultz, Suwanee, GA (US);
Keith James Menchin, Atlanta, GA (US);
AGS LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device including a memory, a processor, a plurality of reels, and a display. The processor may initiate base game play comprising the display, via a reel spin, of symbols relative to one or more of a first set of symbol locations. If a near bonus event triggering condition is met, additional symbols are displayed in a second set of symbol locations comprising the first set of symbol locations and one or more expanded symbol locations. If a bonus event triggering outcome is then received relative to the symbols displayed in the second set of symbol locations, a bonus event is initiated comprising free spins of reels to display symbols in the expanded second set of symbol positions.