A METHOD OF GAMING, A GAMING SYSTEM AND A GAME CONTROLLER

A method of gaming in a gaming system comprising the steps of: a) generating a game outcome comprising a set 5 plurality of symbols; b) displaying the game outcome; c) identifying the number of instances of one or more specified symbols occurring in the set of symbols; d) incrementing a cumulative count value in memory of the gaming system for each specified symbol based on instances 10 of the specified symbols in the set of symbols; repeating steps a to d until an evaluation condition is met and thereafter evaluating the cumulative count value for each of the one or more specified symbols to determine any award payable. Game Controller 64 ) 60 Memory 610 620 630 Symbol Data Specified Game Rules Symbol Data Symbol Specified setfor Symbol game counter(s) outcome Outcome generator 40 Outcome Evaluator ,665 Symbol Selector 45 Evaluation 660 condition monitor Specified Symbol 680 Award Controller 690 Controller 62 Display Controller Processor 670 Display Game Play ,511 Mechanism Figure 6