US 12,249,218 B2
Gaming machine having a modifiable number of held wild reels and special symbols
Jason Meyer, Wyoming (AU)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/207,097.
Application 18/207,097 is a continuation of application No. 17/372,190, filed on Jul. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,741,786.
Application 17/372,190 is a continuation of application No. 16/141,624, filed on Sep. 25, 2018, granted, now 11,074,785, issued on Jul. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2017903923 (AU), filed on Sep. 27, 2017; and application No. 2018217284 (AU), filed on Aug. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0316862 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3258 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); G07F 17/3269 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming system comprising:
at least one server comprising a server memory storing a pay table; and
a gaming device coupled to the at least one server and having a display device operable to display at least a portion of a plurality of reels, and a device processor and memory storing a plurality of device instructions, and wherein the device instructions, when executed, cause the device processor to at least:
cause the display device to display a plurality of wild symbols in each of the reels being in a held state,
receive, from the at least one server, data indicative of a plurality of symbols selected for each of the reels not being in the held state for display on the display device,
cause the display device to update a collection associated with each of the reels not being in the held state when one or more special symbols are collected,
cause the display device to animate a respective reel being set to the held state when the collection associated with the respective reel has collected a defined number of special symbols, and
receive, from the at least one server, data indicative of a payout determined from the pay table based on the plurality of symbols displayed on the reels.