Patent ID: 7309281

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device having a slot game, said method comprising: (a) providing a plurality of unisymbol display reels in the slot game, at least one of said unisymbol display reels having a different probability of generating at least one symbol than another one of said unisymbol display reels; (b) displaying a plurality of columns each having X number of said unisymbol display reels, where X is at least one; (c) displaying a plurality of rows each having Y number of said unisymbol display reels, where Y is at least one; and (d) providing a plurality of paylines associated with said unisymbol display reels in said rows and columns, each said payline associated with a same number of each of the unisymbol display reels having said different probabilities such that at least one winning combination of said symbols has an equal or substantially equal likelihood of occurring on two different of said paylines.