Patent ID: 7771266
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming device comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores 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 and the at least one input device, for a single play of a game, to: (a) enable a player to place a wager for said single play of the game, said game associated with a plurality of displayed award groups, each of said award groups including at least one indicator, a plurality of said award groups including a plurality of indicators, each of the award groups associated with at least one of a plurality of awards; (b) cause an indicator generator of the at least one display device to generate and associate a number of indicators with each of the award groups; (c) for each of the award groups, accumulate a quantity of indicators corresponding to the number of indicators that is associated with that award group by the indicator generator; (d) without requiring any additional wager by the player, repeat (b) to (c) until all of the indicators have been accumulated in at least one of the award groups; and (e) when all of the indicators have been accumulated in at least one of the award groups: