US 12,249,205 B2
Merged game matrices on an electronic gaming machine
Gary Joseph Penacho, Henderson, NV (US); and Thomas Tuomey, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies, LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,373.
Application 18/432,373 is a continuation of application No. 17/581,538, filed on Jan. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,928,915.
Application 17/581,538 is a continuation of application No. 16/902,930, filed on Jun. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,238,692, issued on Feb. 1, 2022.
Application 16/902,930 is a continuation of application No. 15/976,604, filed on May 10, 2018, granted, now 10,713,882, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Application 15/976,604 is a continuation of application No. 29/616,120, filed on Sep. 1, 2017, granted, now D841048, issued on Feb. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/553,990, filed on Sep. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0177556 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3213 (2013.01) [G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A electronic gaming system comprising:
a gaming device, coupled to a server, comprising a display device, a processor and a memory storing a first set of symbols and a second set of symbols, the first set of symbols shares a plurality of common symbols with the second set of symbols, and instructions, which, when executed, cause the processor to at least:
control the display device to animate a first game instance with a first plurality of display positions, a second game instance with a second plurality of display positions, and a separator separating the first plurality of display positions from the second plurality of display positions,
control the display device to animate the separator being replaced by an additional group of display positions when a merging condition occurs positions based on data received from the server,
control the display device to animate a merged game instance being formed from the first plurality of display positions, the second plurality of display positions, and the additional group of display positions, the merged game instance having a merged plurality of display positions greater than the first plurality of display positions and the second plurality of display positions, and
control the display device to animate in the merged game instance a plurality of symbols populating the first plurality of display positions and the second plurality of display positions with a plurality of symbols selected from one of the first set of symbols and the second set of symbols based on one or more random numbers generated by a random number generator and signals received from the server, and the plurality of common symbols in the additional group of display positions, thereby increasing a selectability of common symbols in the merged game instance.