Patent ID: 6986710

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a game controlled by said processor; a plurality of elements in said game; a plurality of element groups in said game, wherein each element group includes one of said elements and a plurality of the element groups each include a plurality of said elements; and a display device adapted to display said game; wherein said processor is operable with said display device to control a play of said game by: (a) causing a selection of one of the elements from one of said element groups; (b) eliminating the element group that includes the previously selected element; (c) causing a subsequent selection of one of said elements from another one of said element groups, wherein said other element group includes at least one element from the previously eliminated element group; (d) if said subsequently selected element is in one of said previously eliminated element groups, providing a player an award based on at least one of said selected elements; and (e) if said subsequently selected element is not in one of said previously eliminated element groups: (i) eliminating said element group that includes the subsequently selected element, and (ii) repeating (c) to (e) at least once.