Patent ID: 8287358

Claim:
A gaming device for playing a wagering game, the gaming device comprising: a wager input device configured to receive an indication of a wager to play the wagering game, the wagering game including: a plurality of reels each having a plurality of distinct symbol positions and bearing a plurality of symbols, at least two of the reels each bearing at least one of a plurality of symbol clumps, and a plurality of windows each of which is associated with a respective one of the plurality of reels, the plurality of windows including at least a first window and a second window being different in size so as to display therethrough a different number of the distinct symbol positions; and a display configured to display an outcome of the wagering game selected from a plurality of outcomes, at least a portion of the plurality of outcomes being represented by a segment of each reel being displayed through a respective one of the plurality of windows, wherein the respective reels associated with at least the first and second windows differ in at least one of a number of the plurality of distinct symbol positions, an arrangement of the plurality of symbols, and a number of the plurality of symbol clumps such that a probability of a particular one of the first and second windows including at least one of the plurality of symbol clumps as part of the displayed outcome in the wagering game decreases between at least the first and second windows.