Patent ID: 7494413

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols, said symbols including a plurality of bonus payline symbols; a plurality of winning combinations of said symbols; a payline associated with the reels; and a processor operable to: (a) cause a random generation of said symbols upon a wager by a player on said payline, (b) evaluate any of the symbols indicated on the payline to determine if any of said winning combinations of symbols are indicated on the payline, (c) provide an award associated with any said winning combinations of symbols indicated on the payline to a player, (d) form a bonus payline with any randomly generated bonus payline symbols, (e) evaluate any of the bonus payline symbols indicated on the bonus payline to determine if any of said winning combinations of symbols are indicated on the bonus payline, and (f) provide a bonus award associated with any of said winning combinations of symbols indicated by the bonus payline to the player.