Patent ID: 8287344

Claim:
A method comprising: for each of the plurality of first rounds of a game: (a) determining, by a computing device, a respective plurality of game elements from a set of game elements to make up a respective outcome, in which the set of game elements is arranged into a plurality of subsets that each include a respective at least two game elements, and (b) removing, by the computing device, each of the determined game elements from the set for play in subsequent rounds of the plurality of first rounds; prior to play of at least some of the first rounds, displaying, by the computing device, a number of game elements remaining in each subset of the plurality of subsets after previously determined game elements have been removed from the set; saving, by the computing device, a state of the set without the determined and removed game elements at the end of a first gaming session; restoring, by the computing device, the state of the set for use in a plurality of second rounds of the game; and facilitating, by the computing device, the plurality of second rounds using the set until an automatic restoration event.