Patent ID: 7867074

Claim:
A gaming device operable under the control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising: at least one input device; and at least one display device, said at least one processor programmed to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device, for a single play of a game, to: (a) before a player selects any of a plurality of individually selectable player-selectable selections, simultaneously display: (i) a plurality of sets of components, each set including a plurality of components, each component of each set of components displayed at a respective display area separate from each of the components of the other sets of components, and (ii) the plurality of individually selectable player-selectable selections separate from the plurality of sets of components, each selection being associated with a plurality of said components, said plurality of components including at least one, but not all, of the components of at least one of said sets of components, wherein each component of each of the plurality of sets of components is associated with one or more of said selections and a plurality of the selections are associated with a different number of components, (b) thereafter, enable the player to sequentially pick a plurality of the selections in the single play of the game until a predetermined number of the components of at least one of the sets of components is selected, wherein the predetermined number is greater than one, and causing each of the plurality of components of each picked selection to be displayed at the display area of its respective set of components in addition to the set of components before a subsequent selection is picked, wherein for at least one of the player's sequential picks, each of a plurality of selections that are not yet picked by the player in the single play of the game are simultaneously eligible to be picked, and (c) if the predetermined number of the components associated with said set is selected: (i) determine at least one outcome associated with said set based on the components included in said set, and (ii) display and provide the player the at least one determined outcome associated with said set.