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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
David B. Schultz, Henderseon, NV (US);
Nathanial A. Hammond, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Dominic Tiberio, Henderson, NV (US);
Micheal Shackelford, Henderson, NV (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A method for enhancing the outcome of a reel spinning game having one or more shared award-modifier reels is disclosed. The method includes: providing a game including a first set of reels, a second set of reels, and a shared base award-multiplier reel positioned adjacent to a first and second set of reels, and the shared base award-multiplier reel enhances any winning outcomes in the first and/or second set of reels; determining whether the game outcome of one set of reels is a winning outcome; and enhancing the winning outcome of at least one set of reels when an award-multiplier symbol is present on the shared base award-multiplier reel, initiating a secondary game when a secondary game trigger symbol is presented on the shared base award-multiplier reel, or combinations thereof.