Patent ID: 8210929
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming device comprising: at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device to: (a) display a game including a plurality of ranked components and a plurality of different award levels; (b) select and reveal a player's ranked component and another ranked component from the plurality of ranked components, wherein the player's ranked component has a first predetermined rank of a plurality of different predetermined ranks prior to selection and the other ranked component has a second predetermined rank from the plurality of different predetermined ranks prior to selection, (c) compare said selected ranked components, and (d) advance at least one award level for a subsequent play of the game when the first predetermined rank of the player's ranked component is more favorable than the second predetermined rank of the other ranked component.