Patent ID: 7967676

Claim:
A gaming system 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, 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, for each play of a game, to: (a) display an award generator including a plurality of sections, each of the plurality of sections being associated with one of a plurality of displayed awards; (b) display each of a plurality of indicators associated with the award generator; (c) after displaying the award generator and the plurality of indicators, increment at least one of a plurality of tracking meters, wherein each tracking meter is associated with one of the plurality of indicators; (d) determine if at least one of said incremented tracking meters has been incremented a predetermined number of times associated with said tracking meter, said predetermined number of times being at least two; (e) if none of said tracking meters have been incremented the predetermined number of times, repeat (c) to (d); and (f) if at least one of said tracking meters has been incremented the predetermined number of times: (i) activate the award generator, (ii) indicate a plurality of the sections of the award generator with the plurality of indicators, (iii) determine the displayed award indicated by the indicator associated with the tracking meter which has been incremented the predetermined number of times, and (iv) provide the determined award to a player.