ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,792, issued on July 15, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Held reel with increasing multiplier sequence" was invented by Craig Schaefer (Las Vegas) and Tracy Soon (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gaming systems and methods providing a reel game including a plurality of reels, wherein responsive to a sequence triggering event occurring in a play of a game, the gaming systems and methods provide a held reel with increasing multiplier sequence until a sequence termination event occurs."
The patent was filed on March 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/188,105.
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