Patent ID: 7594851

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a first set of reels controlled by the processor and having a first plurality of reels; a second set of reels controlled by the processor and having a second plurality of reels; a plurality of symbols on each of said sets of reels; a first set of paylines associated with said first set of reels, said first set of paylines including at least one payline; a second set of paylines associated with said second set of reels, said second set of paylines including at least one payline; at least one wager input device in communication with the processor and which enables a player, for a single activation of both the first set of reels and the second set of reels, to place separate individual wagers on each of: (a) at least one of the paylines associated with the first set of reels, (b) at least one of the paylines associated with the second set of reels, and (c) one of: (i) both an occurrence of any winning symbol or winning symbol combination on the first set of reels and any winning symbol or winning symbol combination not occurring on the second set of reels, and (ii) both an occurrence of any winning symbol or winning symbol combination on the second set of reels and any winning symbol or winning symbol combination not occurring on the first set of reels; and a plurality of awards including: (a) at least one of said awards adapted to be provided to the player for each winning symbol or winning symbol combination that occurs on each wagered on payline, (b) at least one of said awards adapted to be provided to the player if the player wagered on (c)(i) above, a winning symbol or winning symbol combination occurs on one of the wagered on paylines associated with said first set of reels, and a winning symbol or winning symbol combination does not occur on any of the wagered on paylines associated with said second set of reels, and (c) at least one of said awards adapted to be provided to the player if the player wagered on (c)(ii) above, a winning symbol or winning symbol combination occurs on one of the wagered on paylines associated with said second set of reels, and a winning symbol or winning symbol combination does not occur on any of the wagered on paylines associated with said first set of reels.