ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,457, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas, Ill.).

"System and method for providing awards based on dynamic reels" was invented by David Ceniceroz (Reno, Nev.) and Julianne Rodgers (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods which provide a player zero, one or more awards based on a variable quantity of symbol display positions associated with one or more reels."

The patent was filed on Aug. 6, 2024, under Application No. 18/795,888.

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