Gaming device having oversized symbols in the play matrix

1. A game device comprising:

a display device;

an input device; and

a processor for accessing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the display device and the input device to:

provide a game comprising:

a plurality of reels, each of the reels including a plurality of symbols, the plurality of symbols including a non-expanding oversized symbol occupying a plurality of reels and a second non-expanding oversized symbol that occupies a plurality of reels;

a spin of the reels wherein the oversized symbols each appear on the reels in a symbol matrix on the display device during the spin of the reels;

a plurality of stop positions for the reels wherein there is one stop position for reels occupied by one of the oversized symbols;

a display of a portion of the reels based on the stop position for each reel in a plurality of symbol positions in the symbol matrix; and

a predetermined winning symbol combination of a plurality of winning symbol combinations including the oversized symbol, wherein the predetermined winning symbol combination is associated with an award.

2. The gaming device of claim 1 , further comprising a pay line associated with the symbol matrix.

3. The gaming device of claim 2 , wherein the symbol positions associated with the winning symbol combination are on the pay line.

4. The gaming device of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of pay lines associated with the symbol matrix.

5. The gaming device of claim 4 , wherein the winning symbol combinations occur at a plurality of the symbol positions on the pay lines.

6. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the winning symbol combinations are determined by one of: a random determination, a pre-determination and a determination based on a wager made by the player.

7. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the symbols include a bonus symbol.

8. The gaming device of claim 7 , further comprising a bonus award provided to the player when a winning symbol combination including the bonus symbol occurs on the symbol matrix.

9. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the gaming device is one of a slot machine, a mobile device, or a personal computer.

10. A game comprising:

a plurality of reels, each of the reels including a plurality of symbols, the plurality of symbols including a non-expanding oversized symbol that occupies a plurality of reels and a second non-expanding-oversized symbol that occupies a plurality of reels;

a spin of the reels wherein the oversized symbols each appear on the reels in a symbol matrix on the display device during the spin of the reels;

a plurality of stop positions for the reels wherein there is one stop position for reels occupied by one of the oversized symbol;

a display of a portion of the reels based on the stop position for each reel in a plurality of symbol positions in the symbol matrix; and

a predetermined winning symbol combination of a plurality of winning symbol combinations including at least one of the oversized symbols, wherein the predetermined winning symbol combination is associated with an award.

11. The game of claim 10 , further comprising a pay line associated with the symbol matrix.

12. The game of claim 11 , wherein the symbol positions associated with the winning symbol combination are on the pay line.

13. The game of claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of pay lines associated with the symbol matrix.

14. The game of claim 13 , wherein the winning symbol combinations occur at the plurality of the symbol positions on the pay lines.

15. The game of claim 10 , wherein the winning symbol combinations are determined by one of: a random determination, a pre-determination and a determination based on a wager made by the player.

16. The game of claim 10 , wherein the symbols include a bonus symbol.

17. The game of claim 16 , further comprising a bonus award provided to the player when a winning symbol combination including the bonus symbol occurs on the symbol matrix.

18. The game of claim 10 , wherein the game is played on one of a slot machine, a mobile device, or a personal computer.

19. A method of playing a game comprising:

engaging a game device comprising:

a display device;

an input device; and

a processor for accessing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the at processor to operate with the display device and the input device to:

provide a game comprising:

a plurality of reels, each of the reels including a plurality of symbols, the plurality of symbols including at least one non-expanding oversized symbol occupying a plurality of reels and a second non-expanding oversized symbol occupying a plurality of reels wherein the oversized symbols each appear on the display device during a spin of the game; and

a predetermined winning symbol combination of a plurality of winning symbol combinations including the oversized symbol, wherein the predetermined winning symbol combination is associated with an award;

instructing the input device to play the game, such instruction comprising:

transmitting a signal to the processor to execute the plurality of instructions in order to:

activate the reels to generate a plurality of stop positions for the reels wherein there is one stop position for reels occupied by the oversized symbols and a display of one of the plurality of symbols at each of a plurality of symbol matrix positions, including the oversized symbols based on the stop positions;

determine if a predetermined winning symbol combination exists by accounting for the symbol of the oversized symbol for each of the occupied plurality of symbol matrix positions of the oversized symbol; and

displaying an award reflective of the predetermined winning symbol combination.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the game device comprises one of a slot machine, a mobile device, or a personal computer.