Patent ID: 7553233

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a game controlled by the processor; a plurality of selectively activatable reels in the game, each reel including a plurality of numbers corresponding to numbers of a roulette wheel and at least one secondary characteristic associated with at least one of said plurality of numbers; a plurality of selectable selections, a plurality of said selections each including a different one of said numbers, and at least one of said selections including the at least one secondary characteristic; a plurality of awards; and at least one input device operable with the processor in a play of the game to: (a) enable a player to selectively activate one, each of a plurality of or each of the reels, (b) enable the player to select at least one of the selections, and (c) after the player activates at least one of the reels and selects at least one of the selections, the processor: (i) causes said activated reels to spin, (ii) determines if any player selected selections include any numbers or secondary characteristics which occurred on said activated reels, (iii) provides one of said plurality of awards to the player if the player selected selections include any of the numbers which occurred on said activated reels, and (iv) provides one of said plurality of awards to the player if the player selected selections include any of the secondary characteristics which occurred on said activated reels.