Patent ID: 8690659

Claim:
A method of playing a slot machine game that uses a slot machine having at least one pay line and at least two reels, each reel having a plurality of symbols thereon, and the method including applying a pay line multiplier on a next round of play based on a winning symbol combination appearing on a pay line of the slot machine during a first round of play comprising: a) establishing a plurality of winning symbol combinations that are used in the slot machine game; b) establishing a pay table that associates an award with each winning symbol combination category; c) on the first round of play, providing a multiplier table that is used to determine the pay line multiplier that is used on the next round of play; d) the multiplier table having a multiplier associated with each winning symbol combination category; e) randomly selecting and displaying to a player a symbol on each reel on each pay line; f) determining when a winning symbol combination appears on each pay line; g) when a winning symbol combination appears on a pay line, providing the player an award from the pay table and also determining from the multiplier table the multiplier that is used on a next round of play; and h) playing the next round of play using the multiplier determined in the first round of play, the multiplier being applied to each pay line.