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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
Bally Gaming International, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
David B. Schultz, Henderson, NV (US);
Terence G. Daly, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Kimberly J. Cohn, Las Vegas, NV (US);
William E. Rommerdahl, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
John LaSalvia, Las Vegas, NV (US);
John E. Garofalo, Jr., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Nathanial A. Hammond, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Jack A. Martin, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
Systems, gaming machines, and methods for displaying an exploding icon are disclosed. One method includes receiving player input to activate a primary game; activating the primary game; presenting the activated game on a single screen of a video display, the activated game comprising a primary game displaying one or more game icons in various locations on a main screen of the video display and upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the primary game appears to animate at least one of the displayed game icons and move one or more wild icons about the main screen of the video display over one or more of the game icons, and randomly replacing one or more of the game icons with the one or more wild icons; determining whether the resulting combination of game icons and wild icons form any winning combinations; and awarding a single game payout for the primary game.