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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Gamesys Ltd., London, GB;
Hans Elias, Hertfordshire, GB;
Thomas David James Aicken, London, GB;
Alexander Sandford Todd Young, London, GB;
Gamesys, Ltd., London, GB;
Abstract
Certain embodiments provide for replacing all regular symbols located in respective symbol positions comprising a predetermined set of symbol positions of a symbol matrix (e.g., all the regular symbols on a reel of a reeled slot machine-type game) with at least one special symbol (e.g., a wild symbol which may be output as taking up the entirety of the reel) if the predetermined set of symbol positions (e.g., the symbol positions comprising the reel) satisfy a qualifying condition. In one embodiment the qualifying condition is that each regular symbol in a symbol position of the predetermined set of symbol positions is part of a respective winning combination of symbols (e.g., each symbol on the reel is part of a winning combination along an active payline) after an initial resolution of an outcome for a game event (e.g., after an initial resolution of a spin).