Patent ID: 7361089

Claim:
A gaming system that allows a player to play multiple games, wherein each actuation of indicia-bearing members constitutes a game, the system comprising: a gaming device comprising a plurality of selectable indicia-bearing members, wherein a subset of the plurality of indicia-bearing members are initial active members for a base game; an actuating system operatively associated with the indicia-bearing members, wherein the actuating system generates an outcome symbol combination for the active indicia-bearing members in the base game; a prize controller for determining whether a prize should be awarded based upon the outcome symbol combination of the base game and whether a triggering event is present to initiate a bonus game; and a reselection system that designates a new set of indicia-bearing members for one or more bonus games, wherein the new set of indicia-bearing members comprises one or more newly active indicia-bearing members that were previously non-active indicia-bearing members and one or more remaining active indicia-bearing members, and wherein the outcome symbols from the one or more newly active indicia-bearing members are used in conjunction with the outcome symbols from the remaining active indicia-bearing members to produce an outcome symbol combination for one or more bonus games.