Patent ID: 8393950

Claim:
A method of playing a wagering game on a gaming machine, comprising: receiving a wager with a wager acceptor; executing a game program with a processor to determine a wagering game outcome, wherein the game program comprises: randomly selecting indicia from an indicia set; forming a plurality of primary game arrays with the indicia, wherein each primary game array having of a plurality of rows and columns of symbol positions; assigning each of the plurality of primary game arrays to one of a plurality of secondary array positions to form a secondary game array; identifying winning primary game outcomes in the plurality of primary game arrays; determining a symbol for each of the plurality of primary game arrays having at least one winning primary game outcome as a function of the winning primary game outcomes; replacing each of the primary game arrays having at least one winning primary game outcome with the symbol determined to be used for the secondary array positions; and identifying a winning secondary game outcome in the secondary game array based on the symbol determined for each of the secondary array positions; presenting the wagering game on a video display; and providing an award with a payout mechanism for a winning wagering game outcome.