Patent ID: 7749073

Claim:
A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming terminal, comprising: allowing a player to select one or more of a plurality of basic paylines in response to a first wager input, said selected one or more of said plurality of paylines being active paylines; in response to the player placing said first wager input, allowing a player to activate an enhanced payline; randomly selecting a game outcome from a plurality of outcomes using a controller associated with the gaming terminal; and presenting, on a display of the gaming terminal, a plurality of moveable reels having symbols thereon to said player, said symbols on each of said moveable reels sequentially moving across said plurality of basic paylines and said enhanced payline while said reel is moving, an alignment of said symbols along said active paylines and said enhanced payline indicating said game outcome, said plurality of symbols including a first set of symbol combinations and a second set of symbol combinations, said first set of symbol combinations indicating a winning outcome when aligned along said active paylines or said enhanced payline, said second set of symbol combinations indicating a winning outcome only when aligned along said enhanced payline, wherein said plurality of basic paylines are associated in a first pay table with a first set of winning game outcomes, and wherein said enhanced payline is associated with a second pay table with a second set of winning outcomes, said second set of winning outcomes comprising all of the winning outcomes in said first set of winning game outcomes and further comprising at least one additional winning outcome.