WO2008082539A3 - Wagering system with expanding wild feature - Google Patents

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WO2008082539A3
WO2008082539A3 PCT/US2007/025881 US2007025881W WO2008082539A3 WO 2008082539 A3 WO2008082539 A3 WO 2008082539A3 US 2007025881 W US2007025881 W US 2007025881W WO 2008082539 A3 WO2008082539 A3 WO 2008082539A3
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display area
wagering system
reels
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Benjamin T Gomez
Alfred Thomas
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Wms Gaming Inc
Benjamin T Gomez
Alfred Thomas
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/326—Game play aspects of gaming systems
    • G07F17/3267—Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/34—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

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Abstract

A method and system for conducting a wagering game is disclosed. A randomly selected outcome of the wagering game is displayed in a display area. The display area includes a plurality of reels with symbols forming an array. The display area includes a plurality of active paylines extending through symbol locations within the array. Each symbol on one of the plurality of reels is changed to an altered symbol providing a wild function and an additional game-enhancement function. A payout is awarded based on a reevaluation of symbol combinations along the plurality of active paylines including the wild functions and the additional game enhancement functions.
PCT/US2007/025881 2006-12-19 2007-12-18 Wagering system with expanding wild feature WO2008082539A2 (en)

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