Patent ID: 8632390

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device to: (a) provide a game associated with: (i) a plurality of symbol generators configured to display a plurality of symbols at a plurality of symbol positions, wherein for each of at least one of the symbol positions, said symbol position is configured to display one of the symbols at a first point in time and two or more of the symbols at a second point in time; and (ii) a plurality of winning symbol combinations including: (a) a first winning symbol combination including a first predetermined quantity of the symbols displayed at a first predetermined quantity of at least two of the symbol positions, wherein the first winning symbol combination is associated with a first award; and (b) a second winning symbol combination including the first predetermined quantity of the symbols displayed at a second predetermined quantity of at least one of the symbol positions, wherein the second winning symbol combination is associated with the first award and the first predetermined quantity of the symbol positions is greater than the second predetermined quantity of the symbol positions; and (b) for a play of the game: (i) generate and display a plurality of the symbols at the symbol positions; (ii) if the first winning symbol combination is displayed by the symbol generators, display the first award; and (iii) if the second winning symbol combination is displayed by the symbol generators, display the first award.