Patent ID: 8512124

Claim:
A gaming machine configured to provide a game in which a plurality of symbols are selected and displayed in an array of symbol positions on a display, each symbol position associated with one or more of a plurality of regions and each region of the plurality of regions associated with a region specific award, the gaming machine comprising a user interface in communication with a game controller, wherein if a winning combination of symbols occurs such that at least one of the symbols of the winning combination of symbols is displayed in a symbol position associated with a first region of said plurality of regions, the region specific award associated with the first region is awarded, and if the same winning combination of symbols occurs such that at least one of the symbols of the winning combination of symbols is displayed in a symbol position associated with a second region of said plurality of regions, the region specific award associated with the second region is awarded, wherein the array of symbol positions is comprised of a plurality of rows of symbol positions and a plurality of columns of symbol positions, each row having a leftmost symbol position and a rightmost symbol position and each column having a topmost symbol position and a bottommost symbol position, and wherein the symbol positions associated with at least one region are selected from a group comprising: all symbol positions displayed on two or more adjacent rows of a different region; and all symbol positions displayed on two or more adjacent columns of a different region.