CPC G07F 17/3267 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3213 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. An electronic gaming machine (EGM) comprising:
a processor circuit; and
a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to:
cause a display, by a display device and for a first play of a game, of a first plurality of symbols at a first plurality of symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reels, and
responsive to an occurrence of a symbol display location modification event associated with a reel of the plurality of reels:
modify, via the processor circuit, a location of symbol display positions associated with that reel, and
responsive to a modified location of symbol display positions associated with that reel being a designated location, trigger, via the processor circuit, a secondary event associated with an event zone associated with that reel,
wherein the event zone comprises a first event zone and a second event zone, and wherein the first plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels is between the first event zone and the second event zone, and
wherein a quantity of symbols displayed in the first plurality of symbol display positions associated with the plurality of reels is less than a quantity of a plurality of symbol display positions that are between the first event zone and the second event zone.
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