ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,342, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Konami Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Gaming machine and methods of operating gaming machines" was invented by Leigh Anne Soong (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a processor programmed to execute an algorithm including the steps of initiating an instance of a game by randomly selecting a reel set from a plurality of reel sets including a group of adjacent coupled reels that spin and stop together. The group of adjacent coupled reels includes a variable symbol position group that extends across each of the adjacent coupled reel...