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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2023
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Michael Debrabander, Reno, NV (US);
Stephen Calvert, Berkhamsted, GB;
Robin Hare, Reno, NV (US);
Dieter Goriup, Graz, AT;
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
Gaming systems and methods configured to display, for one more of activations of the symbol displays for a play of a game, an automatic activation zone associated with the symbol displays. For the play of the game: (a) if an activator is displayed on one of the symbols displays at the automatic activation zone, the gaming system automatically activates the pot associated with that activator and thus the feature associated with that pot; and (b) if an activator is displayed on one of the symbols displays not in the automatic activation zone, the gaming system randomly determines whether to activate the pot associated with that activator and thus the feature associated with that pot. In either activation case, the activated feature can then be used for one or more subsequent activations of the symbol displays.