Gaming Machine with Persistent Wild Feature

摘要

Machines and methods are described for displaying a particular symbol at a corresponding symbol position for multiple consecutive outcome events, such as outcome events including a wager game played on a stand-alone machine located within a casino or a machine within a client-server architecture. After displaying the particular symbol for a first outcome event, the particular symbol can be displayed at the same symbol position within a symbol-display-portion for one or more successive outcome events without the particular symbol being selected to be displayed at the same symbol position. Other symbols displayed within the symbol-display-portion for the first and successive outcome events can be determined or selected by a processor using a random selection process. The particular symbol can be a Wild symbol. A data structure can include data for tracking whether the particular symbol is locked down for an outcome event after the first outcome event.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining, by a processor for a first current outcome event, a first set of symbols and a corresponding symbol position for each symbol of the first set of symbols; determining, by the processor for the first current outcome event, that a first instance of a particular symbol determined by the processor to be displayed at a first corresponding symbol position within a symbol-display portion of a display for a first prior outcome event has been displayed less than a predetermined number of consecutive outcome events at the first corresponding symbol position following the first prior outcome event; and displaying, within the symbol-display-portion of the display for the first current outcome event, the first instance of the particular symbol, determined by the processor to be displayed at the first corresponding symbol position for the first prior outcome event, at the first corresponding symbol position, and the first set of symbols at the corresponding symbol position for each symbol of the first set of symbols.