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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2021
Lnw Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
John Kearns, Henderson, NV (US);
LNW Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
There is provided a gaming system, gaming machine, and method that utilize an electronic display device configured to display a plurality of reels, an array, and a source of wild symbols external to the array. The reels bear a plurality of symbols including standard symbols and value-bearing symbols. The reels are spun and stopped to land symbols from the plurality of symbols in the array. The source may dispense wild symbols that randomly transform a subset of the landed symbols into wilds. In response one or more value-bearing symbols being transformed into wild value-bearing symbols and contributing to a standard winning combination, the player is awarded a first award for the winning combination and a second award based on values borne by the contributing wild value-bearing symbols.