Patent ID: 7040984
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming device comprising: a plurality of different selection groups, each selection group including at least one ranked position and a plurality of the selection groups include a plurality of ranked positions; a plurality of selections, each selection initially associated with one of said selection groups; a plurality of awards, each award associated with one of said positions; a display device; and a processor operable with said display device to: (a) enable a player to pick at least one of said selections, (b) reveal the selection group that said picked selection is initially associated with, (c) position each said picked selection at the lowest ranked unoccupied position of said selection group that said picked selection is initially associated with, (d) form an offer based on the award associated with the position of each of the picked selections, (e) enable the player to accept or reject said offer, (f) provide the offer to the player if the player accepts said offer, (g) modify the associated selection group of at least one of the picked selections to a different one of said selection groups if the player rejects said offer, wherein at least one the picked selections is repositioned to the lowest ranked unoccupied position of said different selection group, and (h) form a subsequent offer based on the award associated with the current occupied position of each of the picked selections if the player rejects said offer.