Patent ID: 8684818

Claim:
A gaming system 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 to: (a) maintain a set of stored game outcomes, (b) for each of a plurality of plays of a game: (i) randomly generate one of a plurality of game outcomes, (ii) display the randomly generated game outcome to a player, (iii) determine if said displayed game outcome is associated with one of a plurality of award values, (iv) provide any award value associated with the displayed game outcome, (v) determine whether to modify the maintained set of stored game outcomes, wherein said determination is based, at least in part, on the randomly generated game outcome, and (vi) if the determination is to modify the maintained set of stored game outcomes: (A) select one of the stored game outcomes of the maintained set, (B) remove said selected stored game outcome from the maintained set, and (C) add the randomly generated game outcome to the maintained set, and (c) upon a random occurrence of a game outcome regeneration triggering event: (i) select one of the stored game outcomes from the maintained set of stored game outcomes, (ii) redisplay the selected stored game outcome to the player, (iii) reprovide any award value associated with the selected stored game outcome, wherein the game outcome regeneration triggering event randomly occurs independent of any player input and independent of any displayed game outcomes in any of the plays of the game.