Patent ID: 7874908

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device including a plurality of instructions, the method comprising: (a) causing an input device to enable a player to make an input corresponding to a wager for a predetermined gaming session, the predetermined gaming session including a predetermined quantity of plays of a wagering game, said predetermined quantity being greater than one; (b) causing a processor to execute the plurality of instructions to cause a selection of one of a plurality of complete images for said predetermined gaming session, the selected complete image being associated with the predetermined gaming session; (c) causing the processor to execute the plurality of instructions to associate a designated number of image portions with the selected complete image, the designated number being at least one; (d) for each of the plurality predetermined quantity of plays of the wagering game of the predetermined gaming session, causing the processor to execute the plurality of instructions to: (i) generate an outcome for the play of the wagering game; (ii) cause a display device to display the generated outcome; (iii) if the displayed outcome is associated with at least one of the designated number of image portions, cause the display device to display a secondary game including the at least one image portion associated with the displayed outcome; and (iv) cause the display device to display any primary award associated with the displayed outcome; (e) causing the processor to execute the plurality of instructions to detect an occurrence of a termination event associated with the predetermined gaming session, said termination event based on the predetermined quantity of plays of the wagering game and regardless of completion of the selected image; (f) in response to the occurrence of the termination event, causing the processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a level of completion of the selected image of the secondary game based on each of the displayed image portions for the secondary game relative to the designated number of image portions associated with the selected complete image for said predetermined gaming session; (g) causing the display device to display any secondary award to the player based on the determined level of completion of the selected image of the secondary game; and (h) causing the processor to execute the plurality of instructions to cause each displayed primary award and each displayed secondary award to be provided to the player, wherein each of the designated number of image portions associated with the selected complete image for said predetermined gaming session do not have to be displayed for the secondary award to be provided to the player.