US 11,941,940 B2
Sporting event overlays with accumulating symbols
Dwayne R. Nelson, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Cameron A. Filipour, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,237.
Application 17/856,237 is a continuation of application No. 17/223,812, filed on Apr. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,393,280.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/009,183, filed on Apr. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0335777 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3213 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/3262 (2013.01); G07F 17/3288 (2013.01); G07F 17/3293 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
cause a display device to display a game field associated with a sporting event,
cause the display device to display a placement of a quantity of symbols on a virtual game field overlaid on the displayed game field associated with the sporting event, and
for each of a plurality of symbol display positions, responsive to an event occurring during the sporting event in an area of the displayed game field corresponding to an area of the virtual game field associated with one of the plurality of placed symbols, cause the display device to display that placed symbol at that symbol display position.