Patent ID: 7192344
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming device comprising: a primary game initiated upon a wager made by a player; a competition to pick ranked components from a plurality of ranked components displayable in the competition; a triggering event in the primary game, which initiates the competition; a plurality of different award levels including a first award level and a second award level obtainable in the competition, said first award level including a plurality of awards having a first average expected award value, said second award level including a plurality of awards having a second average expected award value, wherein the second average expected award value is greater than the first average expected award value; at least two selections displayed in the competition, each of the selections associated with one of the components; and a processor operable to initiate the competition when the triggering event occurs in the primary game, wherein for each initiation of the competition, the processor is operable to: (a) enable the player to pick any one of the selections in the competition, (b) reveal the player's component associated with the selection picked by the player in the competition, (c) pick and reveal another component associated with an unpicked selection in the competition, wherein the other component is different from the player's component, (d) compare the player's component and the other component, (e) employ the first award level in a secondary game when the rank of the player's component is less than the rank of the other component in the competition, and (f) employ the second award level in the secondary game when the rank of the player's component is greater than the rank of the other component in the competition.