Patent ID: 8360849

Claim:
A method of gaming in an electronic gaming machine, having a controller, offering a spinning reel game on a plurality of paylines, the spinning reel game having a first plurality of reels, each of the first plurality of reels having a plurality of standard and win-change symbols thereon, and a distinct reel only having a plurality of said win-change symbols thereon, the method comprising: spinning the first plurality of reels thereby displaying a random plurality of said symbols on the paylines; spinning the distinct reel thereby displaying a random plurality of said win-change symbols; determining via the controller an outcome from a first of said paylines based on the shown plurality of said symbols; determining via the controller if a win-change symbol appears on a second of said paylines; in response to a win-change symbol appears on a second of said paylines, determining via the controller a first winning event based on said win-change symbol and said outcome; determining via the controller a second winning event based on said outcome and said displayed win-change symbols on the distinct reel; comparing via the controller the first and second winning events with respect to a pay-table; and offering an award based on the first winning event in response to the first winning event paying higher than the second winning event according to said pay-table.