Gaming device, system and method for radial-orbital payline mechanism

A method of operating a gaming system to play a game, said method comprising:

• (a) activating a processor through an input including a wager using at least one input means to read and execute a plurality of instructions to play a game, said instructions causing said gaming system to:
• (i) display a plurality of randomly selected symbols from a symbol set in a plurality of positions formed by a plurality of concentric circles intersecting with a plurality of radial lines with each of said plurality of selected symbols displayed in each of said plurality of positions;
• (ii) for each of the positions that lie at the same angular location of the concentric circles, read the symbols from either of the positions that has only one adjacent position to the other position that has only one adjacent position in a sequential manner that reads in order the next adjacent position not previously read to determine a combination of symbols;
• (iii) for each of the positions existing between two adjacent concentric circles of the plurality of concentric circles, read the symbols in a sequential manner from a first position to the next adjacent position not previously read until all positions are read to determine a combination of symbols with said combination of symbols having no starting position and have no terminating position;
• (iv) compare each of the combination of symbols to a table of predetermined symbol combinations to determine if within said combination of symbols there is contained a pattern of symbols that match any of a plurality of predetermined symbol combinations;
• (v) providing an award for each of said combination of symbols that contain a pattern of symbols that match any of the predetermined symbol combinations in accordance with the amount of the wager and the award indicated by the table.

A gaming system used by a player for the operation of electronic game play comprising:

• at least one input device;
• at least one memory storage location for storing instructions associated with a game;
• at least one processor;
• at least one display device, wherein upon input associated with a wager made by the player through the at least one input device, the instructions are executed by the at least one processor to display on the display device:
• (d) a spiral having a plurality of radially expanding, circular loops to form an arc length;
• (e) a plurality of radial lines orthogonally intersecting each of said circular loops to form a plurality of positions bounded by two of said plurality of circular loops adjacently positioned and two of said plurality of radial lines adjacently positioned;
• and
• (f) a plurality of symbols randomly selected from a set of symbols for display within said plurality of positions with each of said plurality of positions containing one of said plurality of symbols;
• wherein:
• (iv) a plurality of sector paylines are established along a subset of positions from the plurality of positions that are bounded by two adjacent radial lines from the plurality of radial lines;
• (v) a payline is established along positions of the plurality of positions of the arc length of the spiral to establish a spiral payline;
• and
• (vi) the processor reads the symbols on each of the plurality of sector paylines sequentially along the sector payline to establish a plurality of sector symbol combinations and sequentially along the spiral payline to establish a spiral symbol combination and provides the player a return on the wager for each of the sector symbol combinations along each of the plurality of sector paylines and for the spiral symbol combination along the spiral payline that contain a pattern of symbols that match at least one predetermined combination of symbols.