Gaming Machine and Methods of Allowing a Player to Play Gaming Machines Having Modifiable Reel Features

摘要

A method of allowing a player to play a gaming machine is described herein. The game includes a plurality of reels, each reel having a reel strip. The method includes initiating a primary game, responsively spinning the reels, randomly determining an outcome of the primary game and responsively stopping the reels to display the primary game. The method includes detecting if a triggering condition occurs in the primary game outcome, the triggering condition being defined as the at least one trigger symbol being displayed in at least one reel of the plurality of reels in the primary game outcome, and responsively modifying a reel feature of a reel strip associated with the at least one reel to generate an outcome of a secondary game including the modified reel strip.

主权项

1. A method of providing a slot game to a player, the slot game including a plurality of reels, each reel having a reel strip including a plurality of symbol positions and a plurality of game symbols displayed in each of the symbol positions in a predetermined order, the plurality of game symbols including at least one trigger symbol, including the steps of:
allowing the player to make a wager on the game, the game including a primary game and a secondary game; initiating the primary game and responsively spinning the reels; randomly determining an outcome of the primary game and responsively stopping the reels to display the outcome of the primary game, the outcome of the primary game being displayed in a grid, the spinning reels being visible in the grid during play of the game; awarding a first award to the player based on the primary game outcome; detecting if a triggering condition occurs in the primary game outcome, the triggering condition being defined as the at least one trigger symbol being displayed in at least one reel of the plurality of reels in the primary game outcome; responsively modifying a reel feature of a reel strip associated with the at least one reel to generate an outcome of a secondary game including the modified reel strip; and, awarding a second award to the player based on the secondary game outcome.