Gaming machine having a crap slot game play scheme

A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming machine, the wagering game including a plurality of winning game outcomes, the gaming machine including a controller coupled to a first and a second display device, the method comprising:

• detecting player selection of a first wager amount from a plurality of wager amounts displayed via a wagering interface provided by the second display device;
• detecting player selection of a first wager cell from an assemblage of wager cells displayed via the wagering interface, each of the assemblage of wager cells corresponding to one of the plurality of winning game outcomes, each of the plurality of winning game outcomes having a respective value payout ratio;
• detecting player selection of a second wager amount from the plurality of displayed wager amounts;
• detecting player selection of a second wager cell from the displayed assemblage of wager cells;
• displaying the first wager amount in the first wager cell and displaying the second wager amount in the second wager cell;
• displaying the game play outcome of the wagering game on the first display device in response to detecting game play initiation;
• and awarding a value payout to the player if the game play outcome includes at least one of the winning game outcomes corresponding to the first wager cell and the second wager cell,
• wherein the wagering game comprises a slot game, the game outcome reel symbol array including a plurality of reel symbol positions and a plurality of pay lines, each row of the plurality of rows corresponding to an occurrence of at least one reel symbol of the plurality of reel symbols, each column of a first group comprising a plurality of columns corresponding to at least one pay line of the plurality of pay lines, and each column of a second group comprising a plurality of columns corresponding to one reel of the slot game.

A gaming machine for providing crap slot game play, the gaming machine comprising:

• at least one display device;
• and a controller coupled to the at least one display device, the controller including a processor and a memory coupled to the controller, the controller being programmed to:
• detect player selection of a first wager amount from a plurality of wager amounts displayed via the at least one display device, detect player selection of a first wager cell from an assemblage of wager cells displayed via the at least one display device, each of the assemblage of wager cells corresponding to one of the plurality of winning game outcomes, each of the plurality of winning game outcomes having a respective value payout ratio, in response to detecting game play initiation, display the game play outcome of the wagering game via the at least one display device, and awarding a value payout to the player if the game play outcome includes the winning game outcome corresponding to the first wager cell,
• wherein the wagering game comprises a slot game, the game play outcome including a game outcome reel symbol array having a plurality of reel symbol positions and a plurality of pay lines, each of the plurality of reel symbol positions occupied by one of a plurality of reel symbols of the wagering game, and
• the assemblage of wager cells is arranged in a grid formed by a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each row of the plurality of rows corresponding to an occurrence of at least one reel symbol of the plurality of reel symbols, each column of a first group comprising a plurality of columns corresponding to at least one pay line of the plurality of pay lines, and each column of a second group comprising a plurality of columns corresponding to one reel of the slot game.