Patent ID: 7326110

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising: a game operable upon a wager by a player; a plurality of different goal values; a plurality of different score values; at least one display device; and said at least one processor programmed to operate with said at least one display device to: (a) select one of said goal values, (b) display said selected goal value, (c) cause a random generation of one of said score values, (d) display said generated score value, (e) determine if said generated score value achieves said selected goal value, and (f) if said generated score value achieves said selected goal value, cause said generated score value to be the selected goal value for a next generated score value and repeat (b) to (f), and (g) if said generated score value fails to achieve said selected goal value, provide an award to the player based on at least one of: said selected goal values and said generated score values.