Patent ID: 8105150

Claim:
A method for use with a gaming machine that is arranged to select symbols, present the selected symbols on a display and award an award if a winning outcome occurs, the method comprising determining an outcome of a wagering game played on the gaming machine and presenting the outcome by: displaying a plurality of symbols in a plurality of symbol positions on a display dependent on a random selection process; and displaying at least one further symbol as travelling along a path and stopping in a stopping position that overlies at least one of the plurality of symbol positions; and wherein when there is a particular relationship between the at least one further symbol and one or more of the at least one of the plurality of symbols that the symbol overlies when in the stopping position, changing an award that would have been awarded if the particular relationship was not presented; and wherein the plurality of symbol positions are presented in a substantially vertical plane so that the symbols are presented facing the front of the symbol positions and the path of a said further symbol is located in a substantially horizontal plane so that the path is presented as traversing in front of and behind the plurality of symbol positions.