Gaming system, gaming device, and method providing one or more wild reel wager options
First Claim
1. A gaming system comprising:
- at least one display device;
at least one input device;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to;
(a) display a primary wagering game including;
(i) a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols; and
(ii) a plurality of different wild reel wager amounts, each of the wild reel wager amounts being associated with a different one of a plurality of different predetermined sets of the reels, each of the predetermined sets of the reels including one of a plurality of designated quantities of one or more reels; and
(b) if the player places one of the wild reel wager amounts for a play of the primary wagering game;
(i) cause each of the reels of the predetermined set of the reels associated with said wagered wild reel wager amount to be a wild reel for said play of the primary wagering game;
(ii) cause the reels and the wild reels to display a plurality of the symbols;
(iii) determine whether the symbols displayed on the reels and the wild reels form any winning symbol combinations; and
(iv) provide any awards for any displayed winning symbol combinations.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a gaming system, device, and method providing wild reel wager options for a spinning reel type wagering game. The wagering game includes: a plurality of reels; a plurality of symbols; and one or more wild reel wager options, each of which is associated with one of a plurality of wild reel wager amounts. If a player wagers one of the wild reel wager amounts on a play of the wagering game, the gaming system determines, based on the wild reel wager option associated with that wild reel wager amount, a set of one or more of the reels to be wild reels, and causes each of the determined set of the reels to be wild reels for that play. The gaming system causes each of the reels to spin and display one or more of the symbols, and provides any awards based on the displayed symbols.
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28 Claims
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1. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to; (a) display a primary wagering game including; (i) a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols; and (ii) a plurality of different wild reel wager amounts, each of the wild reel wager amounts being associated with a different one of a plurality of different predetermined sets of the reels, each of the predetermined sets of the reels including one of a plurality of designated quantities of one or more reels; and (b) if the player places one of the wild reel wager amounts for a play of the primary wagering game; (i) cause each of the reels of the predetermined set of the reels associated with said wagered wild reel wager amount to be a wild reel for said play of the primary wagering game; (ii) cause the reels and the wild reels to display a plurality of the symbols; (iii) determine whether the symbols displayed on the reels and the wild reels form any winning symbol combinations; and (iv) provide any awards for any displayed winning symbol combinations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to; (a) display a primary wagering game including; (i) a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols; and (ii) a plurality of different wild reel wager amounts, each of the wild reel wager amounts being associated with one of a plurality of different predetermined designated quantities of the reels, at least one of the predetermined designated quantities of the reels being greater than one; and (b) if the player places one of the wild reel wager amounts for a play of the primary wagering game; (i) cause each of the reels of a first set of the reels to be a wild reel for said play of the primary wagering game, the first set of the reels including a quantity of the reels equal to the predetermined designated quantity of the reels associated with said wagered wild reel wager amount; (ii) cause the reels and the wild reels to display a plurality of the symbols; (iii) determine whether the symbols displayed on the reels and the wild reels form any winning symbol combinations; and (iv) provide any awards for any displayed winning symbol combinations. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to; (a) receive a wager from a player for a play of a primary wagering game, said primary wagering game including a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols; and (b) if an amount of the received wager is a wild reel wager amount, for said wagered-on play of the primary wagering game; (i) determine one of a plurality of quantities of one or more of the reels; (ii) cause each of the reels of a first set of the reels to be a guaranteed wild reel for said play of the primary wagering game, the first set of the reels including a quantity of the reels equal to the determined one of the quantities of the reels; (iii) cause the reels and the wild reels to display a plurality of the symbols; (iv) determine whether the symbols displayed on the reels and the wild reels form any winning symbol combinations; and (v) provide any awards for any displayed winning symbol combinations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to; (a) display a wagering game including; (i) a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols; and (ii) a plurality of different wild reel wager amounts, each of the wild reel wager amounts being associated with a different one of a plurality of different predetermined sets of the reels, each of the predetermined sets of the reels including at least one of the reels, at least one of the predetermined sets of the reels including two or more of the reels; and (b) if the player places one of the wild reel wager amounts for a play of the wagering game; (i) cause each of the reels of the predetermined set of the reels associated with said wagered wild reel wager amount to be a wild reel for said play of the wagering game without replacing any bonus symbols on said reels; (ii) cause the reels and the wild reels to display a plurality of the symbols; (iii) determine whether the symbols displayed on the reels and the wild reels form any winning symbol combinations; and (iv) provide any awards for any displayed winning symbol combinations.
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24. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to; (a) display a wagering game including; (i) a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols; and (ii) a plurality of different wild reel wager amounts, each of the wild reel wager amounts being associated with a different one of a plurality of different predetermined sets of the reels, each of the predetermined sets of the reels including at least one of the reels, at least one of the predetermined sets of the reels including two or more of the reels; (b) if the player places one of the wild reel wager amounts for a play of the wagering game; (i) cause each of the reels of the predetermined set of the reels associated with said wagered wild reel wager amount to be a wild reel for said play of the wagering game; (ii) cause the reels and the wild reels to display a plurality of the symbols; (iii) determine whether the symbols displayed on the reels and the wild reels form any winning symbol combinations; and (iv) provide any awards for any displayed winning symbol combinations; and (c) if a bonus triggering event occurs, initiate a bonus game, wherein a frequency of occurrence of the bonus triggering event when the player wagers a wager amount that is not one of the wild reel wager amounts is the same as a frequency of occurrence of the bonus triggering event when the player wagers one of the wild reel wager amounts.
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25. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to; (a) display a wagering game including; (i) a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols; and (ii) a plurality of different wild reel wager amounts, each of the wild reel wager amounts being associated with one of a plurality of different designated quantities of the reels, at least one of the designated quantities of the reels being greater than one; and (b) if the player places one of the wild reel wager amounts for a play of the wagering game; (i) cause each of the reels of a first set of the reels to be a wild reel for said play of the wagering game without replacing any bonus symbols on said reels, the first set of the reels including a quantity of the reels equal to the designated quantity of the reels associated with said wagered wild reel wager amount; (ii) cause the reels and the wild reels to display a plurality of the symbols; (iii) determine whether the symbols displayed on the reels and the wild reels form any winning symbol combinations; and (iv) provide any awards for any displayed winning symbol combinations.
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26. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to; (a) display a wagering game including; (i) a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols; and (ii) a plurality of different wild reel wager amounts, each of the wild reel wager amounts being associated with one of a plurality of different designated quantities of the reels, at least one of the designated quantities of the reels being greater than one; (b) if the player places one of the wild reel wager amounts for a play of the wagering game; (i) cause each of the reels of a first set of the reels to be a wild reel for said play of the wagering game, the first set of the reels including a quantity of the reels equal to the designated quantity of the reels associated with said wagered wild reel wager amount; (ii) cause the reels and the wild reels to display a plurality of the symbols; (iii) determine whether the symbols displayed on the reels and the wild reels form any winning symbol combinations; and (iv) provide any awards for any displayed winning symbol combinations; and (c) if a bonus triggering event occurs, initiate a bonus game, wherein a frequency of occurrence of the bonus triggering event when the player wagers a wager amount that is not one of the wild reel wager amounts is the same as a frequency of occurrence of the bonus triggering event when the player wagers one of the wild reel wager amounts.
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27. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to; (a) display a wagering game including; (i) a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols; and (ii) a wild reel wager amount; and (b) if the player places the wild reel wager amount for a play of the wagering game; (i) determine one of a plurality of quantities of one or more of the reels; (ii) cause each of the reels of a first set of the reels to be a wild reel for said play of the wagering game without replacing any bonus symbols on said reels, the first set of the reels including a quantity of the reels equal to the determined one of the quantities of the reels; (iii) cause the reels and the wild reels to display a plurality of the symbols; (iv) determine whether the symbols displayed on the reels and the wild reels form any winning symbol combinations; and (v) provide any awards for any displayed winning symbol combinations.
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28. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to; (a) display a wagering game including; (i) a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols; and (ii) a wild reel wager amount; (b) if the player places the wild reel wager amount for a play of the wagering game; (i) determine one of a plurality of quantities of one or more of the reels; (ii) cause each of the reels of a first set of the reels to be a wild reel for said play of the wagering game, the first set of the reels including a quantity of the reels equal to the determined one of the quantities of the reels; (iii) cause the reels and the wild reels to display a plurality of the symbols; (iv) determine whether the symbols displayed on the reels and the wild reels form any winning symbol combinations; and (v) provide any awards for any displayed winning symbol combinations; and (c) if a bonus triggering event occurs, initiate a bonus game, wherein a frequency of occurrence of the bonus triggering event when the player wagers a wager amount that is not the wild reel wager amount is the same as a frequency of occurrence of the bonus triggering event when the player wagers the wild reel wager amount.
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