Patent ID: 8066564

Claim:
A gaming system 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 to: (a) display a plurality of reels, each one of the reels being associated with only one display area, each one of the display areas displaying only one game symbol; (b) receive a wager; (c) divide the wager into a plurality of wager portions; (d) individually allocate each one of the wager portions to a different one of the display areas; (e) evaluate the displayed game symbols to determine whether a winning condition is met; (f) as a result of meeting the winning condition: (i) determine which ones of the wager portions are allocated to the one or more display areas associated with the winning condition; and (ii) determine an award based on each one of the determined wager portions; and (g) indicate the determined award.