Patent ID: 8454426

Claim:
A gaming system for playing a wagering game, comprising: at least one input device for receiving a wager from a player; at least one display device operable to display a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game in response to receiving the wager from the player, the randomly selected outcome progressing on the display device from one or more partial outcomes to a final outcome; and one or more processors in communication with the display device and operative to cause the displaying of a dynamic paytable on the display device, the dynamic table having a plurality of paytable regions indicative of respective winning symbols, in response to achieving a first winning symbol combination in any of the one or more partial outcomes, cause the display with a first visual effect of a corresponding paytable region of the plurality of paytable regions as the first winning symbol combination is being displayed on the display device, and in response to achieving a second winning symbol combination in the final outcome, change the first visual effect to a second visual effect in the corresponding paytable region to indicate a winning progression from the first winning symbol combination to the second winning symbol combination, wherein the first winning symbol combination is different than the second winning symbol combination and the first visual effect is different than the second visual effect.