Patent ID: 7699699

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one display device; at least one input 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 display device and the at least one input device, for a single play of a game, to: (a) display a plurality of reels associated with the single play of the game and a plurality of different paylines associated with the reels, (b) receive one of a plurality of different inputs from a player, the received input corresponding to a designated number of said paylines for the single play of the game, the designated number including one, a plurality or all of said paylines, (c) receive one of a plurality of different wager amounts from the player for the single play of the game, the received wager amount corresponding to the designated number of the paylines for the single play of the game, (d) in response to the received input from the player for the single play of the game, determine an interface from a plurality of different interfaces for the single play of the game, each different interface being associated with a different paytable, the determination based, at least in part, on the designated number of the a lines for the single play of the game, each of the different interfaces including a plurality of different symbols which each have a function in the paytable associated with that interface, and for each of the different interfaces, each one of a plurality of the symbols of said interface has an identical function to a corresponding one of a plurality of the symbols in another one of the interfaces, each of the different paytables for the different interfaces including a plurality of different winning combinations of the symbols of said interface and a plurality of different awards associated with said different winning combinations, (e) display the determined interface for the single play of the game, and (f) provide an outcome for the single play of the game in association with the determined interface for the single play of the game, the outcome based on the paytable associated with the determined interface.