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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
A. Stuart Zoble, Monroe, CT (US);
Anthony M. Singer, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Daniel Marks, Decatur, GA (US);
T. Grant Bolling, Haskell, NJ (US);
A. Stuart Zoble, Monroe, CT (US);
Anthony M. Singer, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Daniel Marks, Decatur, GA (US);
T. Grant Bolling, Haskell, NJ (US);
PTT, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a slot machine, and a slot machine in which the method may be used. One or more symbols on a reel are replaced with symbols prescribed by a selected schema. The schema may be selected randomly, or according to a weighted probability, or according to a count of recent plays. All symbols of one type may be replaced with one other type of symbol, or with a variety of different symbols as prescribed by the schema. A symbol stack may be replaced with another symbol stack. Symbols may be replaced on one, several, or all of the reels that make up the display.