Patent ID: 8287359

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a display unit configured to display symbols on a plurality of reels, spin the reels, arrange the symbols in the same order on at least one pair of reels, and stop the reels, the at least one pair of reels being arranged in a position with respect to one another within the plurality of reels, such that an identity of the at least one pair of reels is determined prior to initiation of a game on the gaming machine; a console unit configured to accept instructions from a player; a game controller unit configured to: start a round of the game in response to an instruction accepted by the console unit, determine an arrangement of the symbols at random on a condition that the symbols are arranged in the same order and at the same positions in the at least one pair of reels, retrieve a winning combination from the arrangement of symbols, and provide the player with an award depending on the winning combination retrieved from the arrangement of symbols; and a display controller unit configured to cause the display unit to spin the symbols of the at least one pair of reels, and stop the symbols in the at least one pair of reels at the same position to display the arrangement of the symbols determined by the game controller unit.