he select which paylines will qualify for multiplier status or to which payline s the multiplier will apply instead the system automatically treats all paylines as qualified for multiplier status and automatically and randomly selects the payline to which the multiplier will apply unlike some of the prior art references no user intervention other than placing the initial minimum wager is required to u201c activate u201d any given paylines or to qualify them for multiplier status everything happens automatically at game start and the paylines that qualify for multiplier status are the same paylines that are used automatically activated in the main game in fig2 the game has resulted in a winning payline in this case payline 3 on fig4 but the winning payline is not the u201c multiplier u201d payline which remains highlighted in the example shown in fig2 the winning payline is indicated with a line that extends through the middle of each cell in the winning payline however the present invention is not limited to any particular way of designating a winning payline in this case the winner would earn the number of credits indicated on the base award table fig5 without any multiplier in fig3 the game has resulted in a winning payline that is.