GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD USING CONTEXTUAL AWARD SUBSETS

A gaming system comprises a presentation assembly of a gaming machine that presents a plurality of symbol positions and a plurality of selectable award options including a first subset of selectable award options and a second subset of selectable award options and game-logic circuitry. The game-logic circuitry is configured to cause the presentation assembly to activate in response to an activation event, an award region associated with one or more symbol positions and having a region type from a group comprising at least a first region type associated with the first subset and a second region type associated with the second subset based on the activation event, randomly select, in response to a trigger symbol occupying the award region, an award option from the selectable award options based on the region type of the award region, and provide an award based at least partially on the selected award option.