Gaming device having extender symbols

Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application

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C463S020000, C463S011000, C463S012000, C463S042000, C463S021000, C463S040000, C273S138100, C273S139000, C273S292000

Reexamination Certificate

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10191197

ABSTRACT:
A gaming device including a plurality of reels or cards having several symbols. The symbols include at least one extender symbol. In one embodiment, when the extender symbol is randomly generated on the reels, one of the symbols randomly generated on the reels changes into another of the symbols randomly generated on the reels.

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