Patent ID: 8221218

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, for a single play of a game, to: (a) display a plurality of reels associated with the single play of the game; (b) display a plurality of different paylines associated with the reels; (c) receive an input from a player of one of a plurality of different wager amounts for the single play of the game, the received wager amount corresponding to one of a plurality of different amounts wagered per payline for each of a designated number of the paylines for the single play of the game, the designated number including one, a plurality or all of the paylines; (d) in response to the received input of one of the wager amounts from the player for the single play of the game, determine an interface from a plurality of different interfaces for the single play of the game, wherein: (i) each different interface is associated with a different paytable, (ii) each of the different interfaces includes a plurality of different symbols which each have a function in the paytable associated with that interface, (iii) for each of the different interfaces, each one of a plurality of the symbols of said interface has an identical function to a corresponding one of a plurality of the symbols in another one of the interfaces, and (iv) each of the different paytables for the different interfaces includes a plurality of different winning combinations of the symbols of said interface and a plurality of different awards associated with said different winning combinations, said determination based, at least in part, on the amount wagered per payline for the designated number of the paylines for the single play of the game; (e) display the determined interface for the single play of the game; and (f) provide an outcome for the single play of the game in association with the determined interface for the single play of the game, the outcome based on the paytable associated with the determined interface.