Patent ID: 7166028
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming method comprising: allowing a play to make at least one wager; allowing said player to select at least one payline; allowing said player to select a single trigger site, said single trigger site being any image site of an array of image sites; displaying symbols on said array of image sites in a primary game; determining whether plurality of winning combinations of symbols is present along said at least one payline within said array; awarding a payout if said one of a plurality of winning combinations of symbols is present along said at least one payline; determining whether one of a trigger symbol and a triggering combination of symbols is present along at least one payline; providing one of a bonus event and an option of initiating a bonus event if one of said trigger symbol and said triggering combination of symbols is present along at least one payline; determining whether a trigger symbol is present at said trigger site; and providing one of an additional bonus event and an option of initiating an additional bonus event based solely on the determination if said trigger symbol is present at said single trigger site.