Patent ID: 7749063

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions that, 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 to: (a) display a base game upon a wager by a player, said base game including a plurality of reels and a symbol set including a plurality of symbols on the reels; and (b) upon an occurrence of a free spin sequence triggering event associated with the base game, display a free spin sequence, said free spin sequence including: (i) a plurality of free spins of the reels, and (ii) a symbol elimination triggering event which can occur in one or more of said free spins of the free spin sequence, and which causes at least one of the symbols of the symbol set to be an eliminated symbol which is prevented from occurring in each subsequent free spin of the free spin sequence to increase a likelihood of achieving at least one combination of any remaining symbols of the symbol set in said subsequent free spins.