Patent ID: 8562413

Claim:
A computer-implemented gaming method, comprising: at a controller, receiving player symbol data indicative of a plurality of sets of player symbols associated with a player, wherein each player symbol is selected from a plurality of possible symbols; receiving, at the controller, an indication that the player submitted a wager via a value input device associated with the plurality of sets of player symbols; receiving winning symbol data at the controller indicative of a set of winning symbols from the plurality of possible symbols; determining with the controller a value payout based on respective numbers of winning symbols in respective sets of player symbols, wherein the winning symbols throughout the plurality of sets of player symbols in a single play of the game cooperate to determine the payout for the single play of the game, wherein the payout is determined by a distribution and number of the symbols throughout the plurality of sets independent of a particular orientation of the symbols with respect to one another, wherein for at least some value payouts the value payout is different than a sum of a plurality of individual value payouts, each individual payout based on the respective number of winning symbols in the corresponding set of player symbols; and transmitting player payout data indicative of the value payout.