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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Terence Gerard Daly, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Terence Gerard Daly, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Bally Gaming International, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A reel spinning gaming deviceincludes a plurality of selectable reelseach having game symbolslocated thereon, a selection systemand an actuating systemEach reel displays an outcome symbolafter having been spun. The selection systemdesignates a subset of the selectable reels as the initial active reelsfor the initial game. The actuating systemthen spins the initial active reelsafter which a prize may be awarded dependent upon the combination of the outcome symbolsfrom the initial active reelsThe selection systemthen designates a new subset of the selectable reelsas the active reelsfor each subsequent consecutive game by substituting a non-active reel from the previous game with an active reel from the previous game. The actuating systemthen spins the newly substituted active reel.