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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2022
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Nathan Warms, Austin, TX (US);
Jennifer Mizzi, Round Rock, TX (US);
Rogelio Decasa, Jr., Renton, WA (US);
Hanna Sanborn, Georgetown, TX (US);
Zachary Smith, Austin, TX (US);
Erick Ching, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Kevin Walsh, Reno, NV (US);
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming device is provided. The gaming device is configured to determine that at least a threshold number of scatter symbols is displayed in respective slot positions of a plurality of reels, determine a number of free spin credits for a free spin feature, for each of the plurality of reels, cause the game display to increment a collection indicator corresponding to each reel by a number of scatter symbols displayed in the corresponding reel, generate at least one collectible symbols in one of the slot position, cause the game display to increment the collection indicator for the reels in which the collection symbols are displayed, determine that one of the collection indicators has reached a threshold number of collectible symbols, and cause the game display to display a reel replacement feature in the reel corresponding to the one of the collection indicators.