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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2024
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Bethany Plimmer, Lower Coverdale, CA;
Peter Post, Reno, NV (US);
Lindsay Brown, Moncton, CA;
Alexander David Hahn, Moncton, CA;
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
Gaming systems and methods providing a reel game including a plurality of reels, wherein responsive to a sequence triggering event occurring in a play of a game, the gaming systems and methods provide a reel replacement and reel shifting sequence that includes a quantity of sub-sequences, wherein each sub-sequence includes a removal of one of the reels, a shifting of a plurality of the reels other than the reel that is removed, a replacement reel, an indication of any winning symbol combinations on the replacement reel and the plurality of shifted reels, and an indication of either a continuation of the reel replacement and reel shifting sequence including a further sub-sequence or an indication of a termination of the reel replacement and reel shifting sequence.