Patent ID: 6918830
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming device having a game operable upon a wager, the gaming device comprising: a plurality of parent regions; a plurality of sub-regions within each of the parent regions; a plurality of different awardable values associated with the sub-regions, each of the parent regions having an expected value based on the awardable values associated with the sub-regions of said parent region, wherein a plurality of the expected values are identical or substantially identical; a symbol; an input device which is operable to receive a player input; and a display device operable to display: (a) the awardable values to a player; (b) the symbol moving relative to the sub-regions before the player input occurs; (c) the symbol having a position at or adjacent to one of the sub-regions within one of the parent regions while the player input occurs; and (d) the symbol stopped at a position indicating one of the sub-regions in a different one of the parent regions after the player input occurs, wherein: (i) the player receives the awardable value associated with said sub-region; (ii) said player input is used in determining the different parent region; and (iii) said sub-region indicated within said different parent region is randomly determined.