Patent ID: 7841934

Claim:
A gaming method comprising: conducting a main game by a gaming machine controlled by a programmed microprocessor to obtain one of a plurality of outcomes, at least one of said outcomes enabling a secondary game, also conducted by the gaming machine controlled by the programmed microprocessor; selecting indicia for said secondary game and revealing the indicia to a player; after revealing the indicia to the player, arranging said indicia in a display in response to the player designating particular positions of said indicia so as to create a combination of the indicia in a particular arrangement; determining, from the particular arrangement of the indicia created by the player, using a pay table that varies from secondary game to secondary game and in which different arrangements of the same indicia may pay different award amounts from secondary game to secondary game, an award amount associated with the particular arrangement, where different arrangements of the indicia correspond to different non-zero award amounts; and providing an award amount to said player determined by said particular arrangement, based on a correspondence between the particular arrangement and the award amount in the pay table.