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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2021
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Nathan Warms, Austin, TX (US);
Jennifer Mizzi, Reno, NV (US);
Hanna Sanborn, Georgetown, TX (US);
Rogelio Decasa, Jr., Renton, WA (US);
Jeffrey Uss, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Erick Ching, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Zachary Smith, Austin, TX (US);
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a persistent feature in an electronic game includes: (A) simulates spinning of a plurality of reels; (B) generating a first spin result; (C) triggering a value feature based on the occurrence of at least one feature symbol appearing on the first reel and at least one feature symbol appearing on the second reel in first spin result, causing the electronic game to award value feature symbols that appear on the other reels; (D) during a second spin, displaying an animation of moving the first and second feature symbols one or more positions of the reel upon; (E) overlaying the moved feature symbols during the second spin of the plurality of reels; and (F) triggering the value feature for the second spin when at least one feature symbol appears on both the first reel and on the second reel.