Patent ID: 7473174

Claim:
A gaming device controlled by a processor, said gaming device comprising: a game controlled by the processor; a plurality of symbol generators in said game, wherein said symbol generators includes a plurality of symbols and at least one of said symbols is a re-triggering symbol; a plurality of selections in said game; a plurality of different numbers of activations of said symbol generators in said game, wherein each number of activations is associated with one of said selections; a plurality of different re-triggering thresholds in said game, wherein each retriggering threshold is associated with one of said selections, each re-triggering threshold requires at least one re-triggering symbol and a plurality of re-triggering thresholds each require a different number of re-triggering symbols; and a display device adapted to display said game; wherein the processor is operable with said symbol generators and said display device to control a play of the game by: (a) causing one of the selections to be picked; (b) displaying and providing to a player the number of activations of said symbol generators and the re-triggering threshold associated with the picked selection; (c) for each provided number of activations of said symbol generators: (i) causing the symbol generators to generate a plurality of the symbols, (ii) providing the player any award based on the generated symbols, and (iii) accumulating any generated re-triggering symbols; (d) determining if the provided re-triggering threshold is satisfied, wherein said provided re-triggering threshold is satisfied based on the accumulated re-triggering symbols and the number of re-triggering symbols required for the provided re-triggering threshold; (e) if the provided re-triggering threshold is not satisfied, causing a terminating event to occur; and (f) if the provided re-triggering threshold is satisfied, repeating (a) to (f) at least once.