Patent ID: 7393276

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: an interactive game; a plurality of playing symbols in the interactive game, wherein for each play of said interactive game, a set of first playing symbols is formed from a plurality of said playing symbols; at least one predetermined designation associated with said set of first playing symbols; a predetermined game outcome in the interactive game, wherein said predetermined game outcome is either a winning game outcome or a losing game outcome, and wherein said predetermined game outcome is associated with a plurality of said playing symbols; a display device adapted to display the interactive game; and a processor operable with said display device to control the play of the interactive game by: (a) displaying the set of first playing symbols to a player; (b) enabling the player to designate a subset of the displayed first playing symbols to replace; (c) if the player's designation is consistent with the predetermined designation associated with said first playing symbols: (i) displaying said plurality of playing symbols associated with said predetermined game outcome, and (ii) providing said predetermined game outcome to the player, and (d) if the player's designation is inconsistent with the predetermined designation associated with said first playing symbols: (i) displaying a modification of the player's designated subset of the first playing symbols, wherein independent of the player's designation, said modification causes the playing symbols associated with said predetermined game outcome to be displayed, and (ii) providing said predetermined game outcome to the player.