Patent ID: 7785191
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gaming machine including a plurality of instructions, said method comprising: (a) enabling a player to wager on at least one of a plurality of different symbols in a play of a game, the game including a symbol matrix formed by a plurality of rows intersecting a plurality of columns, said symbol matrix including a plurality of positions; (b) causing a processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly generate a plurality of the symbols; (c) causing a display device to display the generated symbols in the symbol matrix; (d) evaluating the displayed symbols to determine any first awards resulting from the displayed wagered on symbols, said evaluation based on the wagered on symbols being displayed adjacently to each other in the symbol matrix; (e) providing any determined first awards to the player; and (f) upon an occurrence of a triggering event: