Patent ID: 8100754

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device including: (i) at least one display device configured to display: (a) at least one wheel including a plurality of sections and at least one indicator, each section associated with at least one award symbol, and (b) for each of a plurality of sections of the wheel, only one characteristic from a plurality of different characteristics on said section of the wheel, each of said characteristics associated with a modifier, (ii) at least one input device, and (iii) at least one processor configured to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device; and at least one controller configured to operate with said gaming devices to: (a) enable each of a plurality of players to select at least one of said characteristics, (b) activate the wheel, (c) indicate at least one of the sections of the wheel with said at least one indicator, (d) determine at least one award associated with the award symbol of the indicated section, (e) determine at least one modified award for the characteristic associated with said indicated section, (f) for each player that selected said characteristic associated the indicated section, provide the at least one modified award, and (g) for each player that did not select said characteristic associated with the indicated section, provide the at least one award.