Patent ID: 8092292

Claim:
A method of playing a wagering game with a gaming machine, comprising: receiving a wager; randomly selecting a first plurality of indicia from an indicia set; forming a first array with the first plurality of indicia; randomly selecting a second plurality of indicia from the indicia set; receiving a selection to form a second array having a plurality of array positions; forming the second array in accordance with the selection, wherein the selection comprises one of either: (i) randomly assigning each indicium of the first plurality of indicia to one of the plurality of array positions in the second array; and (ii) randomly assigning each indicium of a third plurality of indicia to one of the plurality of array positions in the second array, the third plurality of indicia selected from the first and the second plurality of indicia; and awarding a winning game outcome; wherein the first plurality of indicia and the second plurality of indicia are presented on a display prior to forming the second array to allow determination of the selection having greatest probability of forming the winning game outcome in the second array.