CPC G07F 17/3267 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of operating a gaming machine, the method comprising the operations of:
displaying, on an electronic display device, a plurality of symbol-bearing reels and an array of symbol positions;
conducting a first spin including:
spinning and stopping the symbol-bearing reels to land one or more first value-bearing symbols borne by the reels in the array; and
animating the array to tag the symbol positions in which the first value-bearing symbols land; and
conducting a second spin subsequent to the first spin, the second spin including:
again spinning and stopping the symbol-bearing reels to land (i) a second value-bearing symbol borne by the reels in one of the tagged symbol positions, (ii) a third value-bearing symbol borne by the reels in another one of the tagged symbol positions that is in a cluster with the one of the tagged symbol positions, and (iii) a fourth value-bearing symbol borne by the reels in a symbol position other than any of the tagged symbol positions;
animating the array to display (i) a first value borne by the second value-bearing symbol in the one of the tagged symbol positions, (ii) a second value borne by the third value-bearing symbol in the another one of the tagged symbol positions, and (iii) a third value derived from the first and second values in any other ones of the tagged symbol positions in the cluster;
awarding an award based on the first, second, and third values;
animating the array to untag the one of the tagged symbol positions and any other ones of the tagged symbol positions that are in the cluster; and
animating the array to tag the symbol position in which the fourth value-bearing symbol landed.
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