Patent ID: 8602871

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 executable by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) display a plurality of reel sets, each of the reel sets including a plurality of reels; (b) for each reel set, generate and display a plurality of symbols in a plurality of symbol positions associated with the reels in the reel set, wherein the generation for each reel set is independent from the generation of any other of said reel sets; and (c) transfer at least one symbol from at least one symbol position associated with at least one reel in at least a first of the reel sets to at least one empty symbol position associated with at least one reel in at least a second of the reel sets.