Patent ID: 8152623

Claim:
A method of playing a wagering game on a gaming terminal comprising: (a) providing a gaming terminal having a first display location and a second display location, said second display location capable of displaying symbols from said first display location; (b) displaying in said first location a first game outcome comprising a plurality of randomly generated first game symbols, wherein each of the plurality of first game symbols is either in a position that is intersected by a payline within the first display location or in a position that is not intersected by said payline; (c) determining, by at least one of one or more processors, if said first game outcome is a winning combination, and awarding credits to a player if said first game outcome is a winning combination; (d) if said first game outcome is not a winning combination, analyzing said first game symbols to determine if any first game symbol satisfies a predefined condition, the predefined condition including at least one non-winning game symbol in a position that is intersected by the payline of the first display location; (e) displaying any first game symbol in the position intersected by the payline satisfying said predefined condition in said second display location, said first game symbols displayed in said second location comprising second game outcome symbols; (f) analyzing, by at least one processor of the one or more processors, said second game outcome symbols to determine if a winning combination exists; (g) removing any second game outcome symbols forming a winning combination from said second display location; (h) moving any second game outcome symbols remaining in said second display location to a new position in said second location; and (i) repeating steps (d)-(h) until no winning combinations are formed in said second display location.