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1. A gaming system comprising:
a housing; at least one display device supported by the housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including:
(i) an acceptor, and(ii) a cashout device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the plurality of input devices to: (a) if a physical item is received via the acceptor, establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, (b) for a play of a game:
(i) at a plurality of symbol display positions, display:
(A) one of a plurality of different symbols, and(B) one of a plurality of multiple symbol display position elements, wherein:
(I) the plurality of symbol display positions form at least three columns and at least three rows including a first row, a second row positioned adjacent to the first row and a third row positioned adjacent to the second row, and(II) each multiple symbol display position element is associated with a plurality of symbols displayed at a plurality of the symbol display positions,(ii) determine if any of the displayed symbols form any winning symbol combinations,(iii) if a plurality of the displayed symbols form at least one winning symbol combination, display one of a plurality of awards for each displayed winning symbol combination,(iv) determine whether each displayed symbol qualifies to be removed, wherein for each displayed multiple symbol display position element, said determination is based on if each of the symbols of said displayed multiple symbol display position element qualify to be removed, such that if each of the symbols of any displayed multiple symbol display position element do not each qualify to be removed, said displayed multiple symbol display position element does not qualify to be removed, and(v) for each displayed symbol that qualifies to be removed:
(A) remove said symbol,(B) for each of any symbols removed from the first row of the symbol display positions, reposition at least one of the displayed symbols to at least another one of the symbol display positions to create at least one empty symbol display position,(C) for each of any symbols removed from the second row of the symbol display positions, reposition at least one of the displayed symbols to at least another one of the symbol display positions to create at least one empty symbol display position, and(D) for any created empty symbol display positions, display:
(I) one of the plurality of different symbols, and(II) one of the plurality of multiple symbol display position elements, and(E) repeat (b)(ii) to (b)(v) at least once, and (c) if a cashout input is received via the cashout device, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance. |
