Patent ID: 8622805

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for conducting wagering games on a wagering game system, the wagering game system including one or more input devices, one or more display devices, and one or more processors, the method comprising: initially awarding, via at least one of the one or more processors, a plurality of plays N of the wagering game and a predetermined number of positional game modifiers X, the plurality of plays N including play N 1 and play N 2 and the predetermined number of positional game modifiers X including modifier X 1 and modifier X 2 , each play of the plurality of plays N including a set of assignable positions M such that a plurality of assignable positions M×N occurs across the plurality of plays N; displaying, on at least one of the one or more display devices, a plurality of randomly selected symbols in a least some of the assignable positions M for each play of the plurality of plays N; randomly assigning, via at least one of the one or more processors, the predetermined number of positional game modifiers X across the plurality of plays N to positions in the plurality of assignable positions M×N, the predetermined number of positional game modifiers X being assigned such that each of modifier X 1 and modifier X 2 is assignable to play N 1 or play N 2 ; and in response to assigning all modifiers of the predetermined number of positional game modifiers X across the plurality of plays N, including modifier X 1 being assigned to either of play N 1 or play N 2 and modifier X 2 being assigned to either play N 1 or play N 2 , determining, via at least one of the one or more processors, an outcome for each play of the plurality of plays N taking into account any positional game modifiers X assigned to the assignable positions M.