Gaming machine with enhanced respin feature

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11521468
APP PUB NO 20200342721A1
SERIAL NO

16927301

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A gaming machine includes a display device and a game controller. The display device includes reels disposed horizontally along the display device. The reels include an initial reel, intermediary reels disposed right of the initial reel, and a last reel disposed right of the intermediary reels. Each reel presents a vertical column of symbols. The game controller spins the reels to obtain a first game outcome comprising a first array of symbols. In response to a first reel presenting a respin symbol, the game controller selects a second reel that is adjacent to the first reel based on wrap-around adjacency between the initial reel and the last reel, and respins the second reel to obtain a second game outcome comprising a second array of symbols. The game controller may also respin a horizontal row of symbols adjacent a respin symbol.

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  • ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Marsh, David Charlottesville, US 48 333
Roelofs, Karl Charlottesville, US 25 98

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