Gaming system and method employing an award evaluation for a symbol based on a total quantity of reels in a set of reels each displaying an instance of that symbol and a total quantity of instances of that symbol displayed on the reels of the set

摘要

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a reel-based game and employing an award evaluation for a symbol based on a total quantity of reels in a set of reels each displaying an instance of that symbol and a total quantity of instances of that symbol displayed on the reels of the set. When performing the award evaluation of the present disclosure, the gaming system determines any award for a symbol regardless of the relative position of the displayed instances of that symbol on the reels and also regardless of the particular quantity of instances of that symbol displayed by any individual reel.