Method for enhancing winning outcomes in a reel spinning game

A method for enhancing a winning outcome in a game, the method comprising:

• providing a game including two or more sets of reels and two or more shared base award-multiplier reels positioned adjacent to the two or more sets of reels, wherein the two or more sets of reels and the two or more shared base award-multiplier reels form a contiguous set of reels having a common axis of rotation, and the two or more shared base award-multiplier reels enhance any winning outcomes in the two or more sets of reels;
• determining whether the game outcome of at least one set of reels is a winning outcome;
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• enhancing the winning outcome of at least one set of reels when an award-multiplier symbol is present on at least one of the two or more shared base award-multiplier reels.

A method for enhancing a winning outcome in a game, the method comprising:

• providing a game including one or more sets of reels and two or more shared base award-multiplier reels positioned adjacent to the one or more sets of reels, wherein the one or more sets of reels and the two or more shared base award-multiplier reels form a contiguous set of reels having a common axis of rotation, and the two or more shared base award-multiplier reel enhances any winning outcomes in the one or more sets of reels;
• initiating a game outcome by spinning the one or more sets of reels and the shared base award-multiplier reel;
• configuring a pay table based on the location of the two or more shared base award-multiplier reels with respect to the one or more sets of reels;
• determining whether the game outcome of the one or more sets of reels is a winning outcome;
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• enhancing the winning outcome of the one or more sets of reels when an award-multiplier symbol is present on at least one of the two or more shared base award-multiplier reels.