Electronic gaming device with contagious wild symbols

Abstract

Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which may provide gaming options relating to contagious wilds, non-contagious wilds, dormant wilds, contagious dormant wilds, and/or blockers.

1 . An electronic gaming device comprising:
 a plurality of reels, the plurality of reels including one or more areas;   a memory;   a processor configured to generate one or more symbols to be located in the one or more areas, the one or more symbols include a first contagious wild symbol and a first dormant wild symbol, the processor configured to modify the first dormant wild symbol into at least one of a second contagious wild symbol and a wild symbol based on a first interaction determination.   
     
     
         2 . The electronic gaming device of  claim 1 , wherein the first interaction determination is based on a first contagious wild symbol location and a first dormant wild symbol location. 
     
     
         3 . The electronic gaming device of  claim 2 , wherein the first interaction determination is that the first contagious wild symbol location is one area away from the first dormant wild symbol location. 
     
     
         4 . The electronic gaming device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to modify a first contagious wild symbol characteristic based on a second interaction determination. 
     
     
         5 . The electronic gaming device of  claim 4 , wherein the second interaction determination is based on a first contagious wild symbol location and a second contagious wild symbol location. 
     
     
         6 . The electronic gaming device of  claim 5 , wherein the second interaction determination is that the first contagious wild symbol location is one area away from the second contagious wild symbol location. 
     
     
         7 . The electronic gaming device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to modify at least one of a first contagious wild symbol characteristic, a first dormant wild symbol characteristic, and a second contagious wild symbol characteristic based on a third interaction determination. 
     
     
         8 . The electronic gaming device of  claim 7 , wherein the third interaction determination is based on at least one of a first contagious wild symbol location and a first dormant wild symbol location, a first contagious wild symbol location and a second contagious wild symbol location, and the first dormant wild symbol location and the second contagious wild symbol location. 
     
     
         9 . The electronic gaming device of  claim 8 , wherein the third interaction determination is at least one of that the first contagious wild symbol location is two areas away from the first dormant wild symbol location, the first contagious wild symbol location is two areas away from the second contagious wild symbol location, and the first dormant wild symbol location is two areas away from the second contagious wild symbol location. 
     
     
         10 . A method of providing gaming options via an electronic gaming device comprising:
 displaying a first contagious wild symbol;   displaying a first dormant wild symbol;   determining a first interaction between the first contagious wild symbol and the first dormant wild symbol; and   modifying the first dormant wild symbol based on the first interaction.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the first interaction determination is based on a first contagious wild symbol location and a first dormant wild symbol location. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the first interaction determination is that the first contagious wild symbol location is one area away from the first dormant wild symbol location. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising modifying a first contagious wild symbol characteristic based on a second interaction determination. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the second interaction determination is based on a first contagious wild symbol location and a second contagious wild symbol location. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the second interaction determination is that the first contagious wild symbol location is one area away from the second contagious wild symbol location. 
     
     
         16 . An electronic gaming system comprising:
 a server including a server memory and a server processor, the server processor configured to display a plurality of reels which include one or more symbols, the one or more symbols include a first contagious wild symbol and a first dormant wild symbol; and   the server processor configured to modify the first dormant wild symbol into at least one of a second contagious wild symbol and a wild symbol based on a first interaction determination.   
     
     
         17 . The electronic gaming system of  claim 16 , wherein the first interaction determination is based on a first contagious wild symbol location and a first dormant wild symbol location. 
     
     
         18 . The electronic gaming system of  claim 17 , wherein the first interaction determination is that the first contagious wild symbol location is one area away from the first dormant wild symbol location. 
     
     
         19 . The electronic gaming system of  claim 16 , wherein the server processor is further configured to modify a first contagious wild symbol characteristic based on a second interaction determination. 
     
     
         20 . The electronic gaming system of  claim 19 , wherein the second interaction determination is based on a first contagious wild symbol location and a second contagious wild symbol location.