Patent ID: 8485886

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) enable a player to wager on a payline associated with a plurality of symbol generators, said plurality of symbol generators associated with a plurality of symbol positions and a plurality of symbols including at least one predetermined repellor symbol, (b) generate a plurality of the symbols at the plurality of symbol positions, (c) determine any awards associated with said symbols generated along the wagered on payline, (d) determine whether to form a supplemental payline, (e) if the determination is to form the supplemental payline: (i) if no predetermined repellor symbols are generated at any of the symbol positions along a first path from a first of the symbol positions to a second, different one of the symbol positions, form the supplemental payline along the first path, (ii) if the predetermined repellor symbol is generated at one of the symbol positions along the first path from the first of the symbol positions to the second, different one of the symbol positions, form the supplemental payline along a second, different, path from the first of the symbol positions to the second, different one of the symbol positions, wherein the second path does not intersect the symbol position of the generated predetermined repellor symbol, and (iii) determine any awards associated with said symbols generated along the formed supplemental payline, and (f) display any determined awards to the player.