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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde, NSW, AU;
Inventors:
Nicholas Luke Bennett, Rosebery, AU;
Natalie Bryant, Cherrybrook, AU;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gaming machine has a display and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a spinning reel game wherein one or more random events are caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined winning event occurs, the machine awards a prize. When at least one special symbol appears on the display, the special symbol is held in a superimposed representation in that position for at least one further game while at least that reel carrying the special symbol is re-spun for the at least one further game.