Method of Operating a Gaming System, a Gaming System and a Game Controller

摘要

An electronic method of operating a gaming system comprising a game controller. The method comprises forming, using the game controller, at least one dynamically generated reel strip by a) conducting a random determination to select one of a plurality of different arrangements of a defined number of stacked symbols, each arrangement dividing the defined number of stacked symbols into a different number of stacks of the symbol, and b) adding the selected arrangement to symbols predefined for the respective reel strip; selecting symbols, using the game controller, from a set of reel strips including the at least one dynamically generated reel strip; displaying the selected symbols on the display; and making, using the game controller, an award if the selected symbols include one or more winning outcomes.

主权项

1. An electronic method of operating a gaming system comprising a game controller having a random number generator, a display, a set of reel strips each having predefined symbols, a credit input mechanism configured for player interaction to receive a credit input in the form of a physical item representing a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, and a hardware meter configured to monitor the credit input having been provided by the credit input mechanism, the method comprising:
establishing a credit balance via said credit input mechanism receiving a physical item; forming, via the game controller, in accord with the credit balance, at least one dynamically generated reel strip, said forming including a) selecting via the random number generator one of a plurality of different arrangements of a defined number of stacked symbols, each arrangement dividing the defined number of stacked symbols into a different number of stacks, and b) adding the selected one arrangement to said predefined symbols of a respective one of the reel strips; selecting symbols, via the random number generator, from the set of reel strips including the at least one dynamically generated reel strip; displaying the selected symbols on the display; and making, via the game controller, an award if the selected symbols include a winning outcome.