Patent ID: 8668575

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a user interface, and a game controller in communication with said user interface, said game controller providing a game, the game including a plurality of levels, each level associated with a respective one of a plurality of prize pools, and each level having a plurality of player selectable symbols, wherein prize pools associated with higher numbers of player selectable symbols have a lower total value than prize pools associated with lower numbers of player selectable symbols, at least one of said player selectable symbols being associated with an associated value, and wherein accumulative values associated with each of the plurality of player selectable symbols associated with a prize pool are equal to a total value of the associated prize pool; and said game controller displaying said plurality of player selectable symbols for selection of a symbol by the player, said game controller using said associated symbol value to calculate a winning value, said controller offering the player the choice of taking said winning value or progressing to a next level of said plurality of levels, said winning value being calculated using at least one value associated with at least one of the selected symbols of the plurality of player selectable symbols.