Patent ID: 9208650
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of gaming for use with a gaming machine a) playing a game having a plurality of reels and a plurality of pay lines, and b) having a controller, the method comprising: receiving a wager amount per pay line on a number of the plurality of pay lines; determining via the controller said amount wagered per pay line and said number of the plurality of pay lines wagered on said game; spinning via the controller said plurality of reels to determine a first game outcome; evaluating via the controller said first game outcome in accordance with: a) a plurality of predefined pay line criteria to determine whether an award is to be awarded for any of the wagered pay lines, and b) at least one jackpot criteria to determine whether a jackpot prize is to be awarded; in response to the jackpot prize not being payable, re-spinning, only for the jackpot prize, via the controller a) at least one of said plurality of reels a first number of times based on said wagered amount per pay line and b) at least one of said plurality of reels a second number of times based on said number of pay lines wagered so as to determine in an additional number of further game outcomes whether the jackpot prize is to be awarded; and in response to the jackpot prize having been awarded, terminating the re-spinning for the jackpot prize.