Patent ID: 8070586

Claim:
A method of conducting a wagering game comprising: accepting a player wager; providing means for a player to activate a series of game reels on a single game device, said game reels depicting game indicia; providing a display unit on said single game device wherein said display unit depicts a static game indicia icon corresponding to each game reel in the series of game reels; depending on a current state causing said game indicia icon on said display unit to turn on or turn off in response to pre-established game indicia aligning along a payline on a corresponding game reel as follows: turning on a game indicia icon responsive to a said pre-established game indicia aligning along a payline on a corresponding game reel; turning off a game indicia icon responsive to a said pre-established game indicia aligning along a payline on a corresponding game reel; and maintaining said game indicia icon turned on or turned off until a next occurrence of said pre-established game indicia aligning along a payline on said corresponding game reel at which time the game indicia again changes state; and in response to all game indicia icons being in a pre-determined state at the conclusion of a game play, paying a player an award corresponding thereto.