Patent ID: 8075390

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a processor; an input device; a display device; and a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the input device and the display device to, for each play of a game and prior to any random determinations associated with a play of the game: determine a game parameter, determine a range of different values associated with the game parameter, display at least one symbol on at least one reel of a plurality of reels, each symbol representing a value within the determined range of values associated with the game parameter, randomly select at least one of the displayed symbols, set an actual value of the game parameter based on the at least one randomly selected symbol, and after setting the actual value of the game parameter: (a) determine an outcome, said outcome being determined: (i) at least in part based on at least one random determination which occurs after the actual value of the game parameter is set, and (ii) at least in part based on the set actual value of the game parameter, (b) display said determined outcome, (c) thereafter, determine any award associated with the determined outcome, and (d) display to a player any determined award associated with the determined outcome.