US 12,254,748 B2
Gaming machine having separated feature games
Eric Satterlie, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Christmas Uberuaga, Reno, NV (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/080,226.
Application 18/080,226 is a continuation of application No. 17/109,700, filed on Dec. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,532,210.
Application 17/109,700 is a continuation of application No. 16/293,050, filed on Mar. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,867,480, issued on Dec. 15, 2020.
Application 16/293,050 is a continuation of application No. 15/683,372, filed on Aug. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,262,501, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0116350 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G07F 17/34 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3267 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/3216 (2013.01); G07F 17/323 (2013.01); G07F 17/3255 (2013.01); G07F 17/3258 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming machine, comprising:
one or more display devices; and
a game controller executing instructions stored in a memory, wherein execution of the instructions causes the game controller to:
present a first symbol outcome in a first plurality of display positions of the one or more display devices; and
in response to the first symbol outcome comprising at least a threshold quantity of a first symbol, populate a second quantity of a second symbol in display positions of a second plurality of display positions that are distinct from the first plurality of display positions such that (a) the second quantity of the second symbol equals a first quantity of the first symbol in the first plurality of display positions and (b) a relative position of each second symbol in the second plurality of display positions matches a relative position of a corresponding first symbol in the first plurality of display positions.