Patent ID: 8123608

Claim:
A gaming apparatus, comprising: a player terminal operable by a player to simulate a multi-reel slots game, the multi-reel slots game having a set of possible outcomes corresponding to the possible combinations of indicia displayable on the simulated reels, the set of possible outcomes including a plurality of independently selectable outcomes; a wagering facility operable to display, for each independently selectable outcome on which the player has placed a wager for a turn of the game, (i) an activatable icon that enables the player to adjust the wager on the independently selectable outcome, (ii) the size of the wager on the independently selectable outcome, (iii) odds for the independently selectable outcome, and (iv) a payout for the wager on the independently selectable outcome, wherein the player wins the payout if the independently selectable outcome occurs during the turn of the game and loses the wager if the independently selectable outcome does not occur during the turn of the game, wherein the wagering facility is further operable to display in one screen all of the independently selectable outcomes and their respective activatable icons, wagers, odds, and payouts; and wherein the player terminal is operable to display to the player an outcome of the turn of the slots game from the set of possible outcomes, wherein the outcome is randomly determined.