Patent ID: 8287366

Claim:
A gaming machine arranged to facilitate a play of a game having an outcome, in which a player selects a bet having a value from a plurality of predefined bets to place on the outcome of the game, the gaming machine comprising: a display; a controller configured to control the display to display randomly selected symbols defining a base game outcome, and to award a bonus game comprising a plurality of free games if the base game outcome corresponds to a predefined trigger outcome, said controller configured to control the display during the free games to display randomly selected symbols from a first set of symbols that includes at least one special symbol, said at least one special symbol corresponding to a plurality of predefined sequences of a plurality of successive special symbol outcomes for each of the plurality of predefined bets, said controller arranged to select one of said plurality of predefined sequences associated with the selected bet; and an input mechanism arranged to allow the player to select the at least one special symbol when displayed on the display, and wherein said controller is configured to visually alter the selected at least one special symbol displayed on the display to reveal a special symbol outcome from the selected one of said plurality of predefined outcomes, in response to said input mechanism.