ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,857, issued on May 20.
"Gaming device having multiple spins for winning outcomes" was invented by Bradley Berman (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Chad Shapiro (Plymouth, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses and methods for providing multiple spins during gaming events to provide increased opportunities to receive winning outcomes. Accordingly, a gaming device can be configured to have a plurality of reels with multiple symbols on each reel. A portion of the symbols on each reel are displayed on a game grid having a number of symbol positions. During a gaming event, the symbol...