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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2018
Ags Llc, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Marianne Louise Hemovich, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Jeremy Michael Tuck, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Nathan Daniel MacGregor, Atlanta, GA (US);
Eric Steven Boese, Decatur, GA (US);
Alexander Bitterlin, Atlanta, GA (US);
AGS LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
Wager-based video slot reel games are disclosed where additional prizes or other gains can be awarded after completion of an initial gaming action based upon application of a multi-symbol transformation (MST) tool along a MST target line extending through a gaming action outcome display area. In one embodiment, the MST tool is a virtual razor blade capable of slicing open razor-susceptible initial symbols found along the MST target line where the cutting open action can unleash additional prizes, juices or entertaining effects hidden within the razor-susceptible initial symbols. The availability of the MST tool at the end of a current gaming action or for a next gaming action is signaled to the player in one embodiment to thereby heighten the expectations of the player of winning the additional prizes or other gains due to the multi-symbol transformation action of the available MST tool.