Patent ID: 7597618

Claim:
A game device operated under the control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a plurality of symbol generators of a game controlled by the processor and operable upon a wager by a player, each of said symbol generators controlled by the processor and having a plurality of symbols including at least one predetermined symbol; and a plurality of wheels controlled by the processor, each of said wheels independently linked with a different one of said symbol generates such that, for each wheel, said wheel is activatble upon the generation of the pedetermined symbol by the symbol generator linked with said wheel, wherein the processor is programmed to: (i) cause the plurality of symbol generators to generate a plurality of said symbols, (ii) for each symbol generator which generates the predetermined symbol: (a) after the predetermined symbol is generated for said generator, activate the wheel linked with said symbol generator and randomly determine an outcome for said activated wheel, wherein for each activated wheel, the randomly determined outcome for said activated wheel is randomly determined independent of the randomly determined outcome for each of the other activated wheels, (b) cause said activated wheel to start spinning, (c) cause said activated wheel to stop spinning to display an indication of said randomly determined outcome, and (d) determine an award for said activated wheel based on the randomly determined outcome for said activated wheel, wherein for each activated wheel, the determined award for said activated wheel, wherein is determined independent of any determined award for each of the other activated wheels, and (iii) provide any determined awards to the player.