Patent ID: 7377850

Claim:
A gaming machine having a base game and two base award modifiers to modify a base game award in a single spin game, the gaming machine comprising: indicia of a plurality of spinable reels employed in a single spin base game, wherein the outcome of the indicia of spinable reels in the single spin base game define a base game award, if any; indicia of at least one spinable reel employed as a first single spin base award modifier, wherein the outcome of the at least one spinable reel indicia in the first single spin base award modifier defines a first modifier award, if any, and wherein the first modifier award adjusts the base game award; and indicia of at least one additional spinable reel employed as a second single spin base award modifier; wherein the outcome of the at least one addition spinable reel indicia in the second single spin base award modifier defines a second modifier award, if any, and wherein the second modifier award adjusts the combined base game award and first modifier award if both awards were awarded, adjusts only the base game award if only the base game award was awarded, and adjusts only the first modifier award if only the first modifier award was awarded; wherein the first single spin base award modifier and the second single spin base award modifier are awarded regardless of whether the base game award is awarded; wherein the plurality of spinable reels in the single spin base game, the spinable reel in the first single spin base award modifier, and the spinable reel in the second single spin base award modifier are all uniformly spin activated a single time, and are not subject to independent activation or re-activation; and wherein all spin activations of the spinable reels of the first and second single spin base award modifiers are in response to causing the single spin game to begin.