Patent ID: 8425306

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: causing at least one processor to operate with at least one input device and at least one display device to, for a play of a game: (a) display at least one target reel having a plurality of target values, at least two of the target values being different, (b) display a plurality of value reels each having accumulative values, at least two of the accumulative values being different, (c) cause a spin of the at least one target reel to display, for each of a plurality of paylines, at least one of the target values associated with said payline, and (d) cause a spin of the plurality of value reels to display, for each of the plurality of paylines, zero, one or more of the accumulative values associated with said payline; and causing the at least one processor to, for said play of the game: (a) for each of the plurality of paylines, accumulate the generated accumulative values associated with said payline to form a cumulative value for said payline, (b) for each of the plurality of paylines, compare the cumulative value for said payline to the target value associated with said payline, and (c) for each of the plurality of paylines, provide an award if the cumulative value associated with said payline meets a predefined mathematical threshold with respect to the target value associated with said payline.