Patent ID: 7399228

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising: at least one input device; and at least one display device, wherein said display device and input device are operable with the processor to: display a base game operable upon a wager by a player, display an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the base game, initiate a bonus round upon the occurrence of the triggering event, said bonus round including a plurality of different bonus games, said bonus games including at least one accumulation bonus game and a plurality of selection bonus games, enable the player to pick a plurality of masked selections in each of said selection bonus games, said selections in each selection bonus game including at least one functional symbol and at least one credit symbol, wherein, for each play of the selection bonus game, the player is enabled to pick at least one of said masked selections in said selection bonus game, provide an outcome for each selection bonus game to the player based on the selections picked by the player in said selection bonus game, and provide a bonus round outcome to the player based on the selections picked by the player accumulated in said accumulation bonus game.