Patent ID: 8246445

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 storing 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 input device and the at least one display device to: (i) upon an occurrence of a triggering event, initiate a play of a bonus game including: (A) a wheel having a plurality of sections, each section having a probability of being indicated, said wheel having a plurality of award symbols associated with the sections and a terminator symbol associated with one of the sections, (B) a plurality of awards associated with the award symbols, and (C) a section indicator; and (ii) for the play of the bonus game: (A) indicate one of the sections of the wheel by moving and stopping at least one of the wheel and the section indicator, wherein the section associated with the terminator symbol can be indicated for said movement, said indication based on the probabilities of the sections being indicated, (B) if said indicated section is associated with one of the award symbols, provide the award associated with said award symbol to a player, and (C) repeat (ii)(A) to (ii)(B) until the indicated section is the section associated with the terminator symbol, wherein: (1) said indication of the terminator symbol does not eliminate any of the awards provided to the player before the indicated section is the section associated with the terminator symbol, and (2) after a predetermined number of said movements has occurred during the play of the bonus game, for each of a plurality of the sections, the at least one processor changes the probability of being indicated of said section for at least one movement that occurs after the predetermined number of said movements during the play of the bonus game.