Patent ID: 8251796

Claim:
A gaming system resting upon a floor, comprising: a plurality of display positions disposed in a display area, the display positions being arranged into groups such that each group is associated with a reel of symbols; a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols for display at respective display positions, each symbol being selected only from the reel of symbols associated with the group of the respective display positions; an outcome evaluator arranged to determine whether the selected symbols displayed at respective display positions correspond to a winning outcome with reference to at least one of a plurality of defined win lines; wherein at least one of the defined win lines comprises at least two display positions displaying symbols selected from the same reel and including a display device arranged with a vertical side and a horizontal side; and wherein the display positions define a display area on said display device of generally diamond shaped configuration relative to said vertical side wherein the generally diamond shaped configuration has at least one axis from two opposite points which is substantially parallel to the floor the gaming system is resting upon.