Patent ID: 7481709

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising: at least one display device configured to display a game operable upon a wager, said game including: (i) a plurality of symbols, said symbols including a plurality of different symbols, (ii) a plurality of different paylines, said paylines including a plurality of paylines each having at least one diagonal component, and (iii) a plurality of different qualifying conditions, each qualifying condition including a predetermined combination of said symbols generated along one of the paylines; and at least one input device; said at least one processor programmed for a single play of the game to operate with said at least one display device and said at least one input device to: (a) enable a player to initiate a start of said single play of the game, (b) display a plurality of said symbols along a plurality of said paylines, (c) evaluate each of said paylines for any of the qualifying conditions, (d) provide an award for each qualifying condition displayed along at least one of the paylines, wherein each of said awards is based on a predetermined paytable, (e) for each payline having one of the qualifying conditions, cause a display of a replacement of each of the symbols in said qualifying condition with one of the plurality of symbols without causing a replacement of all of the displayed symbols, and (f) repeat (c) to (d).