Patent ID: 8182332

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising a display; a game controller arranged to control images of symbols displayed on the display, the game controller being arranged to play a game wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined winning event occurs, a prize is awarded; and a plurality of different sub-games, each sub-game drawing a plurality of symbols from a different set of sub-game symbols to form separate sub-game outcomes each of which is associated with a respective sub-game, wherein the sub-game outcomes are independent of each other such that none of the sub-game outcomes comprise a common symbol, said sub-games constituting the game displayed on the display with, as an initial display, fewer than a full set of symbols for each of the sub-games being displayed to show a partial outcome for each of the sub-game outcomes, the fewer than the full set of symbols being representative of a determination of an expected value of a said partial sub-game outcome for each of the sub-games, wherein the expected value of a first sub-game as derived from the displayed partial sub-game outcome of the first sub-game is used to select the displayed fewer than full set of symbols of the remaining sub-game outcomes in the initial display.