LNW Gaming, Inc.

There are provided a gaming machine and method that utilize game-logic circuitry and a presentation assembly configured to present a plurality of symbol-bearing base reels, a base array, and a plurality of persistent elements. The plurality of base reels are spun and stopped to land symbols from the base reels in the base array. In response to the landed symbols including at least one accumulation symbol, an animation of addition of the accumulation symbol to one of the plurality of persistent elements is presented. A random determination whether or not to trigger one or more game features is made. If the determination is to trigger the one or more game features, the one or more game features are implemented via the game-logic circuitry and the presentation assembly, wherein the implementation may be determined by a persistent sliding range associated with at least one of the game features.

There is provided a gaming system, machine, and method that utilize a presentation assembly to present a primary game interface including symbol positions, present a trigger game outcome by populating the symbol positions with randomly-selected symbols, animate a transition to a secondary game interface in response to detecting a trigger event by updating the symbol positions into a set of active positions including any symbol positions occupied by value-bearing symbols and a set of inactive positions, present a secondary game outcome by selectively populating the active positions with award elements, update, in response to a first award element occupying a first active position, award indicia associated with the first active position as a function of an award indicated by the first award element, and present an award sequence in response to an award event for an award based on the award indicia associated with the first active position.

A gaming system comprises a presentation assembly presenting a base set of symbol positions and game-logic circuitry that causes the presentation assembly to present, in response to a feature trigger event, an expanded set of symbol positions including a plurality of additional symbol positions within symbol position subsets, present feature game outcomes, lock, in response to any value-bearing symbols detected within the feature game outcomes, the value-bearing symbols within the expanded set of symbol positions. The game-logic circuitry initiates, in response to detecting a first subset reaching an award threshold of locked value-bearing symbols, an outcome counter, resets, in response to detecting a second subset reaching an award threshold, the outcome counter to a reset value, and causes, in response to the outcome counter reaching a termination value, the presentation assembly to conclude the feature game outcomes and present an award sequence for any awarding subsets.

There are provided a gaming machine and method that utilize game-logic circuitry and a presentation assembly configured to display a plurality of reels, an array, a persistent element, and a wheel. The persistent element is associated with a feature including the wheel. The reels are spun and stopped to land symbols from the reels in the array. In response to the landed symbols including an accumulation symbol, the accumulation symbol is added to the persistent element, and the game-logic circuitry randomly determines whether to award a spin of the wheel. In response to not awarding the spin of the wheel, a prize on the wheel is upgraded. In response to awarding the spin of the wheel, the wheel is spun and stopped to award a prize on the wheel.

Systems and methods are provided for gaming solutions across different gaming channels, different entities, and different environments using blockchain and/or non-fungible token (NFT) components and/or functionality. In an embodiment, a computing system can associate an NFT with a game session executed via a gaming device associated with a gaming environment, where the NFT is configured to allow for recreation of the game session via a local device associated with the gaming environment or a remote device associated with a second environment being different from the gaming environment. In another embodiment, a computing system and/or a gaming device can: perform a blockchain mining process and concurrently execute a game; track one or more game participation metrics corresponding to a player participating in the game and provide the player with a defined percentage of a token based at least in part on the one or more game participation metrics.

There is provided an example gaming system (and method) to perform operations that include presenting a plurality of reels for a base game. While conducting the base game, the plurality of reels bear a plurality value-bearing symbols, each value-bearing symbol being associated with one of a plurality of tiers for a feature game. The operations further include conducting a series of spins of the plurality of reels for the base game to land randomly selected sets of value-bearing symbols. The operations further include animating persistence of at least some of the randomly selected sets of value-bearing symbols in corresponding tiered, revolving persistence elements presented in a persistence area. The operations further include, in response to determining a random trigger of the feature game, using at least some persisted value-bearing symbols from the persistence area to populate one or more portions of a feature-game array.

A gaming system comprising a presentation assembly, one or more player input devices, and game-logic circuitry. The presentation assembly presents a multi-game management interface including presentation elements for participating game slots, active games, and search tools and a multi-game interface for playing games associated with the game slots. The game-logic circuitry collects game data for active games, compares, in response to player selection of a first search tool, the collected game data to predefined search criteria of the first search tool. The presentation assembly updates the presentation elements of the active games to be organized based on the comparison, visually links the presentation element of a first participating game slot with the presentation element of a first game in response to player input adding the first game, and unlinks, in response to player input removing the first game, the presentation elements of the first game and the first game slot.

A gaming system and method provide for a wagering game featuring multi-level array expansion and synchronized jackpot display updates. An active array of symbol positions is displayed at an initial size and populated by randomly generated symbols. Upon detecting a first requisite number of special symbols, the active array expands to a second size, a spin counter is reset to a starting value, and an animation displays a first progressive jackpot being replaced by a second progressive jackpot associated with the larger array. The process continues with a second set of symbol generation cycles; if a second requisite number of special symbols is detected, the array further expands to a third size, the spin counter resets again, and an animation displays the second progressive jackpot being replaced by a third progressive jackpot.

A wagering game system includes a gaming table, a camera, and a display device. A frame of image data of a playing surface is captured while a wagering game is presented at the gaming table. A game state is detected from multiple possible game states, and a graphical template associated with the detected game state is selected, the template specifying labeled areas of interest on the playing surface. The template is superimposed over the frame so that each labeled area overlays a corresponding portion of the playing surface. Portions of the frame defined by the labeled areas are cropped, based on an image-resolution requirement for automated image analysis, to generate separate images corresponding to the labeled areas of interest. The display device presents a human-readable representation including the separate images with visual identifiers that visually represent regions of the playing surface captured by the camera for the automated image analysis.

A system and method(s) to perform operations for storing gaming data in a non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) of a gaming machine and detecting, after the storing, an unrecoverable fault of the gaming machine. The operations further include determining, in response to detecting the unrecoverable fault, that criteria is satisfied for authorization of a partial deletion of the gaming data from the NVRAM. The operations further include determining, in response to determining that the criteria is satisfied, a first portion of the gaming data to retain on the NVRAM, and deleting, after determining the first portion of the gaming data to retain, a second portion of the gaming data without deleting the first portion of the gaming data. The operations can further include booting a game of the gaming machine to a default operational state using at least some of the first portion of the gaming data.