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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2022
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Erick Ching, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Hanna Sanborn, Georgetown, TX (US);
Jennifer Mizzi, Ewa Beach, HI (US);
Nathan Warms, Austin, TX (US);
Rogelio Decasa, Jr., Renton, WA (US);
Zachary Smith, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey Uss, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Kelly Lockheed, Elkridge, MD (US);
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming system is provided. The gaming system may include a game display configured to display a game interface including a matrix having a plurality of rows including a plurality of matrix positions and a processor configured to determine a number of wild symbols currently displayed in the matrix, in response to determining the number of wild symbols currently displayed in the matrix exceeds a threshold number, determine a number of spin credits, in response to the number of spin credits being greater than zero, determine a weighting factor defining a probability for displaying a symbol in a respective matrix position, apply the determined weighting factors to respective lookup tables for each matrix position not currently displaying a wild symbol, and determine, for each matrix position not currently displaying a wild symbol, a symbol to display.