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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Osamu Yoshimi, Botany, AU;
Osamu Yoshimi, Botany, AU;
Konami Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming machine for executing a game displaying a matrix of symbol containing elements having a plurality of rows and columns; at least one column of the matrix comprising a portion of a simulated rotatable reel of a plurality of the symbol containing elements; the simulated rotatable reel comprising sections of symbol containing elements displaying a plurality of symbols; the simulated rotatable reel including at least one section in which a consecutive run of two or more of the symbol containing elements is populated by a first identical symbol so that, the first identical symbol being used for a first play of the game, a second identical symbol being randomly selected, the first identical symbol being replaced by the second identical symbol in the consecutive run of two or more of the symbol containing elements, the second identical symbol being used for a second play of the game.