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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2009
Eric M. Loat, Moncton, CA;
Francois R. Leger, Dieppe, CA;
Wesley S. Davis, Notre Dame, CA;
Spielo International Canada ULC, Moncton, New Brunswick, CA;
Abstract
A video slot machine has an array of individual symbol reels, such as a grid of 4×5 reels. The symbols include conventional symbols and special symbols. In the examples, the special symbols are wild symbols. Each wild symbol is associated with a particular direction, such as a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, or both. After an initial spin, an award for symbol combinations is paid out. If a wild symbol appears in the array, all reels along the designated direction are respun to give the player another chance at winning. Awards are paid again for new winning symbol combinations. If new wild symbols appear, another respin is performed along the direction(s) designated by the new wild symbols. The designated direction associated with a wild symbol may change for each game.