Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a play of a multi-stage game including a first stage during which a quantity of sections of a wheel are accumulated for subsequent use in a second stage of the play of the multi-stage game, and the second stage during which the accumulated quantity of sections of the wheel are employed to select sections of the wheel before the sections are displayed with awards displayed in association with the selected sections.

Abstract: Systems and methods which employ one or more triggering events that occur in association with a limited term expansion of a displayed portion of a symbol display position matrix.

Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that provide a wheel section selection feature including a displayed wheel including a plurality of displayed gaming system selectable sections for a play of a secondary game. In various embodiments, one or more shared sections of the wheel and/or a wheel section indicator associated with the wheel are enhanced for the play of the secondary game based on a wager level in a play of the primary game.

Abstract: Systems and methods which employ one or more reels that expand and contract responsive to the occurrence of (or lack thereof) different events.

Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that replicate a symbol driven event obtained at one gaming device at one or more other gaming devices.

Abstract: A system includes a processor circuit and a memory including machine-readable instructions that cause the processor circuit to receive a wager for a wagering game at a gaming device, the wagering game including a plurality of game symbol positions. A plurality of game symbols for the plurality of game symbol positions are determined and a contiguous subset of game symbols of the plurality of game symbols is further determined, wherein each game symbol of the subset of game symbols is adjacent another game symbol of the subset of game symbols. After determining whether the subset of game symbols corresponds to a winning game result, the instructions further cause the processor circuit to. in response to a determination that the subset of game symbols corresponds to a winning game result, provide a game award to a player.

Abstract: A first electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the EGM to perform operations. The operations include determining that a first event has been triggered on a second EGM. The second EGM can be separate from the first EGM. The operations can further include, responsive to determining that the first event has been triggered on the second EGM, adjusting a probability of triggering a second event on the first EGM.

Abstract: A system receives a wager for a wagering game and a selection of a first payline of a plurality of paylines of the wagering game at a gaming device, the first payline associated with a bonus award value. A plurality of game symbols are determined, and for each payline, it is determined whether the game symbols associated with the payline indicate a winning game result. For each winning game result, the system determines a base award value associated with the winning game result. The system determines whether the first payline is associated with a winning game result. For each winning game result, a base award value associated with the winning game result is provided. For the winning game result associated with the first payline, a total award value based on the base award value associated with the winning game result and the bonus award value is provided.

Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a banked bonus player selection feature including a symbol display such as a displayed wheel having a plurality of displayed player selectable sections for a play of a multi-player game.

Abstract: Systems and methods that employ one or more triggering events that occur to select a symbol display position and modify one or more instances of a symbol displayed in association with that selected symbol display position into a designated symbol.

Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that provide randomly triggered payline specific symbol replacement features for plays of a slot game, wherein when the system or method randomly determines to provide the payline specific symbol replacement for that payline for a play of the slot game, the system or method can replace a non-winning symbol displayed along that payline adjacent to a winning symbol combination with a replacement symbol such as a wild symbol.

Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that provides a blocking symbol set bypass feature for a play of a game, wherein the player to elect whether or not to employ the blocking symbol set bypass for the symbol evaluation for that play of the game. When a blocking symbol set bypass is employed for a symbol evaluation for a play of the game, for at least part of the symbol evaluation, the gaming system can skip one or more symbols of a blocking symbol set in evaluating the displayed symbols of the displayed outcome of the play of the game to determine any displayed winning symbol combinations and any awards associated with the displayed symbols.

Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that track quantities of one or more tracked symbols that are part of winning symbol combinations in one or more plays of a game, and trigger one or more additional symbol evaluations responsive to one or more of the tracked quantities of such tracked symbols reaching one or more threshold quantities.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, the present disclosure relates to or gaming system providing a game enhancement feature. The electronic game can be conducted on a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of a grid and a variable plurality of symbols can be presented in the plurality of rows and the plurality of columns of the grid. When the game enhancement feature of the electronic game is activated, an indication of the game enhancement feature can be provided to a player of the electronic game. A determination of an outcome of the electronic game can be made based on the variable plurality of symbols presented in the plurality of rows and the plurality of columns of the grid upon termination of the electronic game and the determined outcome of the electronic game can be modified based on the game enhancement feature.

Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize connecting symbols accumulated in association with one or more game outcomes to activate one or more features.

Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize connecting symbols accumulated in association with one or more game outcomes to activate one or more features.

Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides a changing pattern matching award feature in a gaming environment, which includes a plurality of different patterns that are independently and randomly selectable and displayable by the gaming system during a series of plays of one or more games via one or more electronic gaming machines or other devices of the gaming system or configured to operate with the gaming system.

Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides a changing pattern matching award feature in a gaming environment, which includes a plurality of different patterns that are independently and randomly selectable and displayable by the gaming system during a series of plays of one or more games via one or more electronic gaming machines or other devices of the gaming system or configured to operate with the gaming system.

Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize trackable elements, such as symbols, accumulated in association with one or more game outcomes to activate one or more features.

Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a player wheel set selection feature including a displayed wheel having a plurality of displayed player selectable sections for a play of a game, and wherein the quantity of sections selectable by the player is at least one and less than all of the sections of the wheel.