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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Bradley Hendricks, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Gary Penacho, Henderson, NV (US);
Allon Englman, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A credit-substitution symbol mechanic for a gaming device is described. The credit-substitution symbol mechanic randomly triggers an add-substitution symbol feature in a game instance with an initial reel area and randomly determines an expanded reel size for a plurality of reels to be displayed in an expanded reel area. The credit-substitution symbol mechanic randomly determines a substitution symbol to be added to a first reel of the plurality of reels and randomly determines the substitution symbol is a credit-substitution symbol. The credit-substitution symbol mechanic determines that the credit-substitution symbol is part of a payline. The credit-substitution symbol mechanic performs a first payout for the payline that pays out a payline award and performs a second payout for the payline that pays out a credit value of the credit-substitution symbol.