Payline and wagering options for low denomination games

A gaming machine adapted for accepting wagers, playing games based on the wagers and granting monetary awards based on the results of the games, comprising: an 5 exterior housing arranged to contain a plurality of internal gaming machine components therein; a master gaming controller in communication with at least one of said plurality of internal gaming machine components, said master gaming controller being adapted to control one or more aspects of said games; at least one input device in communication with said master gaming controller and adapted to 10 accept input regarding the placement of wagers at a first denomination, the play of games based on said wagers, or both; at least one display device in communication with said master gaming controller and adapted to display information regarding the placement of wagers at said first denomination, the play of games based on said wagers, or both; and at least one gaming machine configurator adapted to facilitate 15 the provision of a plurality of operator adjustable settings to an operator of said gaming machine, wherein said provided plurality of operator adjustable settings includes: an adjustable setting for a minimum overall wager that must be placed by a given player to play a given game, said minimum overall wager being a multiple of said first denomination and the sum of all wagers across all paylines, an adjustable 20 setting for a maximum overall wager that can be placed by said player to play said game, said maximum overall wager being a multiple of said first denomination and the sum of all wagers across all paylines, and an adjustable setting for a minimum number of paylines that must be played by said player to play said game.