Patent ID: 8715059

Claim:
A method of providing a slot game to a player, the slot game having a plurality of cells arranged in a grid having a plurality of rows and columns and a plurality of reels being displayed in the grid, each reel of the plurality of reels being displayed with a plurality of game symbols, the method including the steps of: determining, prior to the initiation of the slot game, at least one pair of reels, each reel of the at least one pair of reels being arranged in a predetermined position with respect to one another within the plurality of reels; displaying the slot game on a display device; randomly selecting an outcome of the slot game and displaying the outcome on the display device, the outcome of the slot game including a game symbol associated with each cell in the grid, wherein the at least one pair of reels display the same order of game symbols in the outcome; starting a rotation of the at least one pair of reels from a first stop position, the first stop position including a different portion of each reel of the at least one pair of reels being displayed in the grid to display a different order of game symbols on each of the at least one pair of reels; adjusting a rotational speed of each of the at least one pair of reels to synchronize the display of the symbols of each of the at least one pair of reels to display the same symbols in the same order during rotation of the at least one pair of reels; stopping the at least one pair of reels to display the outcome including each of the at least one pair of reels displaying the same order of game symbols in the grid; and, awarding an award to the player as a function of the outcome of the slot game.