Patent ID: 8870642

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing 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 input device and the at least one display device to: (a) display a first set of a plurality of symbol display areas; (b) display a second different set of a plurality of symbol display areas, wherein for each of the symbol display areas of the first set, said symbol display area corresponds to one of the symbol display areas of the second set; (c) for each of the symbol display areas, display one of a plurality of different symbols at said symbol display area; and (d) if one or more of a plurality of different designated symbol combinations are formed by the symbols displayed at the symbol display areas of the first set: (i) for each of at least one of said one or more formed designated symbol combinations, for each of at least one of the symbols of said formed designated symbol combination, remove the symbol displayed at the symbol display area of the second set that corresponds to the symbol display area of the first set at which said symbol of the formed designated symbol combination is displayed to create an empty symbol display area; and (ii) thereafter, for each empty symbol display area, generate and display one of the symbols at said empty symbol display area.