US Patent Issued to LNW Gaming on Jan. 20 for "Gaming machine and method with moving persistent symbols and win zone feature" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,942, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LNW Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Gaming machine and method with moving persistent symbols and win zone feature" was invented by Colbee V. Jones (Reno, Nev.) and Kenneth Shawn Soong (Henderson, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a gaming system, gaming machine, and method that presents a plurality of symbols in an array corresponding to a plurality of symbol-bearing reels. Game-logic circuitry animates a persistent symbol in the array. Using a random number generator, the game logic-circuitry spins and stops the reels. In response to spinning of the reels, the game-logic circuitr...