A gaming machine, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium are disclosed, which permit a player to play a base game and a feature game that may be triggered or initiated through play of the base game. During play of the feature game, the gaming machine holds each instance of a feature trigger symbol in its respective feature game display position and, if a feature game has remaining spins, spins/respins reels to obtain replacement symbols for each feature game display position without the feature trigger symbol. If a newly-presented feature trigger symbol includes one or more directional components, the gaming machine propagates the new-presented feature trigger symbol in a direction or directions indicated by the one or more directional components.

A system for configuring a digital wallet application for implementing a casino player loyalty program includes a memory storing reward configuration data associated with digital wallet awards and a processor configured to: (a) provide an award type user interface for receiving player loyalty award types; (b) receive award type data corresponding to one or more selected player loyalty award types; (c) provide an award threshold user interface for receiving at least one indication corresponding to player loyalty award thresholds; (d) receive award threshold data corresponding to one or more selected player loyalty award thresholds; (e) provide an award trigger user interface for receiving player loyalty award triggers; (f) receive award trigger data corresponding to selected player loyalty award triggers; and (g) configure a rules engine for a mobile wallet based, at least in part, on the award type data, the award threshold data and the award trigger data.

Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide cross-hand winning card combination evaluations for multi-hand poker.

A method of playing a card game between a dealer and a player includes dealing first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth cards to the player. Second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth card are dealt to the dealer. A determination is made whether the first or second card has a higher value for a first point, whether the third or the fourth card has a higher value for a second point, whether the first, third and fifth combination of cards or the second, fourth and sixth combination of cards has a higher three-card stud poker hand for a third point, whether the seventh or eighth card has a higher value for a fourth point, and whether the first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth combination of cards or the second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth combination of cards has a higher five-card stud poker hand for a fifth point.

A gaming system comprising a roulette wheel including a rotating wheel and a ball which generates a random number; one or more wager receiver to receive wagers placed by one or more players; a plurality of first winning event tokens; and a prize pool server, wherein the prize pool server includes a data receiver to receive details of the wagers placed by the players via the or each wager receiver, a processor for determining a prize pool and a data storage module for storing data relating to the prize pool; wherein if the random number generated by the roulette wheel does not satisfy a predetermined condition a losing event is defined and the monetary value of the wagers placed by the player(s) are added to the prize pool; and if the random number satisfies the pre-determined condition then a winning event is defined and the or each winning player receives one of the first winning event tokens which is used to select a number from an array of numbers that correspond to the numbers of the rotating wheel for a subsequent spin of the roulette wheel, wherein if the random number generated by the roulette wheel on its subsequent spin matches the selected number, a second winning event is defined and the player then wins a portion of the prize pool.

A bonus round of a video keno game may consist of a series of bonus game instances. During a bonus game instance, a game controller may identify a set of bonus game pieces and select a set of bonus outcome identifiers from a bonus outcome pool. A win amount may be determined based on the number of matches between the set of bonus outcome identifiers and the set of bonus game pieces. The bonus outcome identifiers may include persistent identifiers and non-persistent identifiers. Persistent identifiers may be removed from the bonus outcome pool for subsequent bonus game instances in the series. Additionally or alternatively, the bonus game pieces corresponding to the persistent identifiers may continue to be matches for the subsequent bonus game instances in the series.

A gaming machine provides a spinning reel game having a base game, from which a hold and spin game is triggered when a determined quantity of configurable symbols are displayed in a base game outcome. When the feature game is triggered, volatility options are presented to the player. After receiving a volatility selection that specifies a first control factor for a hold and spin game, the gaming machine conducts the hold and spin game per the specified first control factor while using at least another control factor to maintain a same return-to-player across the volatility options.

A wagering game, gaming machine, gaming network, and associated methods are disclosed wherein a wheel game includes dynamic paytable features associated with various trigger symbol types. Operating the gaming machine includes displaying a plurality of reels in each primary game including symbol locations which are updated with symbols to display the wager results, the reels including a plurality of wheel trigger symbols having a plurality of types each associated with a respective one of the wheel segment types. At least some wheel trigger symbols of each type including a multiplier value. A wheel spin selects a segment of a wheel. Responsive to the selected segment's type matching that of a selected wheel trigger symbol in the designated winning pattern, a wheel spin paytable is modified in a first display area applying the multiplier value of the selected wheel trigger symbol.

A gaming device having a processor to control a display to display a set of prize levels having a bottom level, a variable level associated with a variable prize, and an intermediate level. In each of a plurality of game instances, the processor selects a plurality of symbols, control the display to display the selected symbols, determines whether the symbols displayed include increment symbols, upon the symbols displayed including the increment symbols, increments the variable prize by respective amounts of the increment symbols, evaluates symbols displayed for a winning combination, and the symbols displayed including the winning combination, increments from a current prize level to a different prize level in the set of prize levels provided the different prize level is not a top level. At an end of the plurality of game instances, the processor awards a current prize of the current prize level.

An electronic gaming machine includes a display device, a player input interface configured to receive player input from a player; and a game controller configured to execute instructions. The instructions cause the processor to display a plurality of game reels including a first game reel type having a plurality of symbol positions and a second game reel type including a grouped symbol position. The instructions also cause the processor to display a bonus symbol in the grouped system position and, in response to displaying the bonus symbol, to display an expanded display area comprising at least one additional symbol position located above the reels of the first game reel type. The instructions further cause the processor to determine a game outcome based upon a combination of the at least one additional symbol position and the plurality of symbol positions.