Enhancements to game components in gaming systems

A gaming device for enhancing game components in a gaming system comprising:

• a display screen with three dimensional capabilities;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to at least one memory storing one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:
• display, on the display screen, at least one of a row and a column of the game components along a plane on a display device in accordance with a set of game rules for a given game, each one of the game components having an original symbol associated thereto;
• select at least one of the game components for three dimensional enhancement;
• expand selected ones of the game components outside of the plane and associating at least one additional symbol to expanded selected ones of the game components;
• and
• integrate the at least one additional symbol into the given game.

A computer-readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method for enhancing game components in a gaming system, the method comprising:

• displaying at least one of a row and a column of the game components along a plane on a display device in accordance with a set of game rules for a given game, each one of the game components having an original symbol associated thereto;
• selecting at least one of the game components for three dimensional enhancement;
• expanding selected ones of the game components outside of the plane and associating at least one additional symbol to expanded selected ones of the game components;
• and
• integrating the at least one additional symbol into the given game.