SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR PLAYING WAGERING GAMES WITH SYMBOL CLUMPS AND NON-UNIFORM WEIGHTING OF REEL POSITIONS

摘要

Gaming devices, gaming systems, methods of conducting wagering games, and computer programs for executing wagering games are disclosed. A gaming system is disclosed which includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the processors, cause the gaming system to: receive a wager to play a wagering game with symbol-bearing reels, each of which has distinct reel positions populated by various symbols, at least one reel bearing a symbol clump; and, display via a display device a randomly determined outcome of the wagering game. Each wagering-game outcome includes predetermined symbols occupying distinct array positions in a displayed array. Each reel position has a weighted probability of occupying an array position in the array. The weighted probabilities are configured such that the symbol clump, when part of a wagering-game outcome, can only land in its entirety in the array.

主权项

1. A gaming system for conducting a wagering game, the gaming system comprising:
one or more processors; and one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the gaming system to:
receive an indication of a wager to play the wagering game, the wagering game including a plurality of symbol-bearing reels, each of the reels having a plurality of distinct reel positions populated by a plurality of symbols, at least one of the reels bearing a symbol clump occupying two or more immediately adjacent ones of the distinct reel positions on the at least one reel; anddirect at least one display device to display an outcome of the wagering game, the displayed outcome being randomly determined from a plurality of wagering-game outcomes, each of the wagering-game outcomes including predetermined ones of the symbols occupying a plurality of distinct array positions arranged in an array displayed on the at least one display device, wherein one or more of the reel positions on the at least one reel has a corresponding weighted probability of occupying corresponding ones of the array positions in the displayed array, the weighted probabilities being configured such that the symbol clump, when part of one of the wagering-game outcomes, can only land in its entirety in the array.