	US 7,481,709 B2
	Gaming device having dual evaluation scheme
William J. Bussick, Reno, Nev. (US); Paulina Glavich, Reno, Nev. (US); and Anthony J. Baerlocher, Reno, Nev. (US)
Assigned to IGT, Reno, Nev. (US)
Filed on May 30, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/755,538.
Application 11/755538 is a continuation of application No. 11/277608, filed on Mar. 27, 2006, granted, now 7,226,359.
Application 11/277608 is a continuation of application No. 09/687689, filed on Oct. 13, 2000, granted, now 7,070,502.
Prior Publication US 2007/0225063 A1, Sep. 27, 2007
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 463—20

40 Claims

1. A gaming device operable under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising:

at least one display device configured to display a game operable upon a wager, said game including:

(i) a plurality of symbols, said symbols including a plurality of different symbols,

(ii) a plurality of different paylines, said paylines including a plurality of paylines each having at least one diagonal component, and

(iii) a plurality of different qualifying conditions, each qualifying condition including a predetermined combination of said symbols generated along one of the paylines; and

at least one input device;

said at least one processor programmed for a single play of the game to operate with said at least one display device and said at least one input device to:

(a) enable a player to initiate a start of said single play of the game,

(b) display a plurality of said symbols along a plurality of said paylines,

(d) provide an award for each qualifying condition displayed along at least one of the paylines, wherein each of said awards is based on a predetermined paytable,

(e) for each payline having one of the qualifying conditions, cause a display of a replacement of each of the symbols in said qualifying condition with one of the plurality of symbols without causing a replacement of all of the displayed symbols, and

(f) repeat (c) to (d).