Patent ID: 8641044

Claim:
A method of wagering on a machine, comprising: providing, on the machine, a plurality of reels comprising five reels in which a leftmost reel and a rightmost reel are matched which comprise a plurality of symbols positioned in a same sequential order, and second reel and a fourth reel are matched which comprise a plurality of symbols positioned in a same sequential order, and a center reel which does not have a matched counterpart; performing the following operations on the machine: offering a player to select a payline direction from a set of options comprising at least three of the following options: 1) left, 2) right, 3) both; receiving a selected payline direction from the player from the set of options; initiating play on the machine using a wager and spinning the plurality of reels; and determining whether a win has occurred on one or more pay lines wagered in accordance with the selected payline direction and providing a respective payout when earned.