Patent ID: 8287357

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device, for a play of a game, to: (a) randomly select a plurality of symbol blocks from a set of symbol blocks, each of a plurality of symbol blocks of the set of symbol blocks includes a plurality of partial symbols, each of said partial symbols having at least one corresponding complementary partial symbol on another symbol block in the set of symbol blocks; (b) display the plurality of randomly selected symbol blocks; (c) determine if any complete symbols are formed by the displayed symbol blocks, each complete symbol requiring: (1) a first partial symbol displayed on a first displayed symbol block; and (2) for said first partial symbol, a corresponding complementary partial symbol displayed on a second displayed symbol block, said second displayed symbol block being adjacent to and arranged within a designated spatial relationship with said first displayed symbol block; (d) for each of a designated number of formed complete symbols, provide an award to the player; (e) remove a plurality of the displayed symbol blocks, each removed symbol block creating at least one empty symbol block position; and (f) for at least one of the created empty symbol block positions, shift a one of said remaining displayed symbol blocks into said created empty symbol block positions.