Patent ID: 7306518

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising: an award distributor including a plurality of award symbols; and a plurality of awards associated with said award symbols; said at least one processor being programmed to: (i) cause a random selection of one of the award symbols, (ii) cause a display of an independent sequence including a plurality of groups, each of said groups including at least one element, and at least one of said groups including a plurality of related elements, (iii) cause a random selection of one of the plurality of groups in the independent sequence, said random selection of said group being independent from said random selection of said award symbol, and (iv) cause an activation award to be provided to a player based on the award associated with said randomly selected award symbol and a modifier, wherein said modifier is determined based on a base modifier having a value greater than zero and the number of related elements in the randomly selected group.