Patent ID: 8827803

Claim:
A game system comprising: a game server; a plurality of game apparatuses coupled to the game server wherein each game apparatus includes: a first play station comprising a first plurality of reels rotatable about a first horizontal axis and having a first horizontally configured reel line, wherein a winning combination from said first reel line pays at said first play station; a second play station comprising a second plurality of reels rotatable about a second horizontal axis and having a second horizontally configured reel line, wherein a winning combination from said second reel line pays at said second play station; a common reel display of the first and second play stations comprising a third plurality of reels rotatable about a third horizontal axis and including one or more horizontally configured community reel lines, wherein winning combinations of the one or more community reel lines pay at both the first and second play stations; and a spin mechanism causing the common reel display to spin; wherein different reel lines of the common reel display are reserved for the first and second play stations and wherein the first play station includes a first plurality of lines which pay left to right and the second play station includes a second plurality of lines which pay right to left.