Patent ID: 8702487

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a wager acceptor for accepting a wager to initiate game play; a central processor unit for randomly selecting a selected game outcome from a plurality of possible game outcomes, the plurality of possible game outcomes forming a plurality of groups, each of the plurality of possible game outcomes defined by two groups from the plurality of groups, each of the plurality of groups being associated with an identifier to designate each of the plurality of groups, the central processor unit further for determining the two groups defining the selected game outcome; a selector mechanism in communication with the central processor unit, the selector mechanism displaying the identifier of each of the two groups defining the selected game outcome, the selector mechanism being a set of reels in a base game; a display in communication with the central processor unit, the display for displaying each of the plurality of groups and the plurality of possible game outcomes in each of the plurality of groups; and a payoff mechanism in communication with the central processor unit to make an award for the selected game outcome.