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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Lnw Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Jack Chesworth, Newtown, AU;
Yanis Tsombanidis, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
LNW Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a gaming system, gaming machine, and method that utilize an electronic display device configured to display a plurality of symbol arrays associated with respective sets of symbol-bearing reels. The arrays may be locked or unlocked. In response to a reel spin that generates a stack of value-bearing symbols in an unlocked array, a locked array is unlocked and the stack is held in its array for a number of subsequent reel spins, Payouts are provided for winning combinations of standard symbols and value-bearing symbols in the unlocked arrays.