Patent ID: 8221219

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a processor; a display connected to said processor; only one game symbol in said display for wagering on without displaying in the display any one of a plurality of symbol types associated with game play results for the only one game symbol; a wager detector connected to said processor for detecting a wager for the only one game symbol in said display; a wagering base game controlled by said processor, said wagering game using said only one game symbol for wagering-on in said display for game play; said wagered-on only one game symbol visually transformed, from a first visual appearance to a second different visual appearance, by said processor for a period of time during game play on said display after said wager detector detects said wager; said processor, at the end of said period of time, revealing on said display in said wagering base game only one random game result for said wagered-on only one game symbol, the only one random game play result picked by the processor from a plurality of symbol types, the plurality of symbol types at least including a value type and a selection type, the selection symbol type resulting in further game play, the only one random game result hidden during game play view until revealing occurs; said processor displaying a plurality of visual images in the display when the revealed one random game play result is a selection type requesting player action as further game play, each of the plurality of visual images having an associated hidden random award; said processor receiving a player input, on the display, selecting one of the plurality of visual images, in response to displaying the plurality of visual images, said processor displaying the associated hidden random award in the display, in response to the aforesaid player input, as the displayed award for the only one random game play result; a credit meter connected to said processor; and said processor incrementing said credit meter by an award in said revealed only one random game result when the picked symbol type for said revealed only one random game result provides said award other than a null award at the end of game play.