Patent ID: 8430739

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, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device to control a play of a game by: (a) displaying a single reel set including a plurality of reels associated with said game, said reels including a plurality of symbols; (b) enabling a player to input any one of: (i) a first wager amount to cause the play of the game, (ii) a second wager amount to cause the play of the game, said second wager amount being greater than said first wager amount, and (iii) a third wager amount to cause the play of the game, said third wager amount being greater than said second wager amount; (c) causing a random generation and display of a plurality of said symbols on the reels; (d) if the player input the first wager amount, evaluating the generated symbols based on a first type of symbol evaluation; (e) if the player input the second wager amount: (i) evaluating the generated symbols based on the first type of symbol evaluation, and (ii) evaluating the same generated symbols based on a second different type of symbol evaluation; (f) if the player input the third wager amount: (i) evaluating the generated symbols based on the first type of symbol evaluation, (ii) evaluating the same generated symbols based on the second different type of symbol evaluation, and (iii) evaluating the same generated symbols based on a third different type of symbol evaluation; (g) determining any awards resulting from any symbol evaluations provided in said play of the game; and (h) providing said determined awards to the player.