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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Xiaodong Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Hong Li, Beijing, CN;
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing game symbol removal operations in games. The game symbol removal operation allows a player of the gaming device to provide input regarding a set of game symbols to be removed from a first configuration of an array of cells. Removing the game symbol(s) in the set of game symbols from the first configuration of the array of cells forms a second configuration of the array of cells. A selected game symbol of the unremoved game symbols can have a higher probability of being a first game payline on the array of cells in the second configuration than on the array of cells in the first configuration. Removal of a particular game symbol from the array of cells allows a player to control his or her chances of winning and alter the proposed payouts for winning distributions of game symbols for at least one subsequent play of the game.