Patent ID: 7229351

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a display device controlled by the processor; a game controlled by the processor; a plurality of symbols in the game; and a plurality of different symbol combinations in the game, each symbol combination having an associated default presentation, and a first one of the symbol combinations having an associated alternate presentation which is different than the default presentation associated with said first symbol combination, wherein the processor is operable with the display device to: (a) generate a plurality of the symbols, (b) if the generated symbols are one of the symbol combinations that does not have at least one alternate presentation, display the default presentation associated with that symbol combination, (c) if the generated symbols are the first symbol combination, select the default presentation associated with the first symbol combination or the alternate presentation associated with the first symbol combination and display said selected presentation, and (d) display an award if the generated symbols are associated with a winning outcome.