Video slot gaming system with positive acting collectible symbols and collectable event termination symbols

A method of implementing a wagering event on an underlying wagering event using a housing including a processor, memory, video display, player input controls and player value-in-value-out system selected from the group consisting of a) a currency validator with a motor to advance currency and b) a ticket-in-ticket-out system having a motor to advance tickets, a ticket reader and a ticket printer, the method comprising:

• a player position committing a wager on an underlying wagering event through the player input controls based on random event outcomes generated by random distribution of available symbols stored in memory, the distribution being into areas distributed along paylines;
• the processor distributing symbols on the display screen of individual random symbols to the areas distributed along paylines at a player position with a committed wager;
• distributing of random symbols to the areas distributed along paylines at the player position, the symbols including the possibility of at least two classes of collectible symbols, the collectible symbols can have either comprise a first class of symbol having positive game content effects upon collection of a first predetermined number of the first symbols, or a second class of symbol having an elimination effect on the first class of symbols upon collection of a second predetermined number of the second symbols;
• and,
• the processor enabling economically beneficial payout effects on winning outcomes or stored credit when the first predetermined number of the first symbol is reached and at least some collected first symbols eliminated upon collection of the second predetermined number of the second symbols;
• wherein the processor randomly designates a distinct area on the video display screen for display of second collectible symbols, and the processor designating multiple distinct areas on the video display screen for display of multiple different first collectible symbols.