Patent ID: 8641505

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one input device; at least one display 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 input device and the at least one display device to: (a) enable a player to place a wager on each of a plurality of different starting positions, (b) generate a plurality of directional symbols, each directional symbol having at least one of a plurality of different input directions and at least one of a plurality of different output directions, wherein at least one of the input directions is compatible with at least one of the output directions, at least one of the input directions is incompatible with at least one of the output directions and at least one of the directional symbols has at least one of: a plurality of the different input directions and a plurality of the different output directions, (c) display each of the generated directional symbols, and (d) for each wagered on starting position: (i) determine if a set of at least two compatible directional symbols is formed in association with said wagered on starting position, the determination based on if at least one input direction of at least one of the displayed directional symbols is compatible with at least one output direction of at least another one of the displayed directional symbols, and (ii) if the set of at least two compatible directional symbols is formed: (A) determine an award associated with the formed set of at least two compatible directional symbols, the award based, at least in part, on a quantity of compatible directional symbols of the formed set, (B) display the determined award, (C) provide the displayed award to the player, and (D) if one of the directional symbols of the formed set of at least two compatible directional symbols has two different output directions, cause the formed set of at least two compatible directional symbols to split into two formed sets of at least two compatible directional symbols.