Slot machine with activatable pay arrangements

A method of conducting a wagering game, the wagering game providing a winning outcome when at least one of a plurality of predefined symbol combinations occurs in at least one of a plurality of specified symbol arrangements, the method comprising:

• receiving a wager to play the wagering game;
• displaying a symbol array formed from a randomly selected plurality of symbols;
• determining if the symbol array has a first winning outcome, the first winning outcome having at least one of the plurality of predefined symbol combinations in a first symbol arrangement;
• providing an award for any first winning outcome;
• determining if the symbol array includes an activation symbol, the activation symbol for specifying a second symbol arrangement different than the first symbol arrangement;
• evaluating the same symbol array for a second winning outcome, the second winning outcome having at least one of the plurality of predefined symbol combinations in the second symbol arrangement;
• and
• providing an award for any second winning outcome,
• wherein the activation symbol defines the second symbol arrangement required for the second winning outcome,
• wherein the first symbol arrangement is a left-to-right pay staffing from a leftmost column of the symbol array, and wherein the second symbol arrangement is a right-to-left pay starting from a rightmost column of the symbol array, and
• wherein the activation symbol only defines the second symbol arrangement when the activation symbol is disposed in a predefined location in the symbol array.

A method of conducting a wagering game, the wagering game including a plurality of predefined symbol arrangements for yielding an award when one of the plurality of predefined symbol arrangements includes at least one winning symbol combination, the method comprising:

• receiving a wager to play the wagering game;
• displaying the symbol array formed from symbols randomly selected from a plurality of possible symbols, the plurality of possible symbols including an activation symbol;
• determining if the symbol array has a first winning outcome, the first winning outcome having the winning symbol combination in a first predefined symbol arrangement;
• providing an award for any first winning outcome;
• determining if the same symbol array has a second winning outcome, the second winning outcome having the winning symbol combination in a second predefined symbol arrangement different than the first symbol arrangement, the second predefined symbol arrangement being defined by the activation symbol in the symbol array;
• and
• providing an award for any second winning outcome,
• wherein the activation symbol only defines the second predefined symbol arrangement when the activation symbol is disposed in a predefined location in the symbol array.

A method of conducting a wagering game, the wagering game including a plurality of predefined symbol arrangements for yielding a winning outcome when one of the plurality of predefined symbol arrangements includes one of a plurality of winning symbol combinations, the method comprising:

• receiving a wager to play the wagering game;
• displaying a symbol array formed from symbols randomly selected from a plurality of possible symbols, the plurality of possible symbols including an activation symbol, the symbol array comprising at least one activation symbol selected from a plurality of activation symbols, the activation symbol for defining a second symbol arrangement within the symbol array;
• determining if the symbol array has a winning outcome in a first symbol arrangement, the winning outcome having at least one of the plurality of winning symbol combinations in at least one of the predefined symbol arrangements;
• determining if the same symbol array has a winning outcome in the second symbol arrangement, and
• providing an award for any winning outcome,
• wherein the activation symbol only defines the second symbol arrangement when the activation symbol is disposed in a predefined location in the symbol array.