Patent ID: 7544129

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; and at least one processor configured to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to, for each of a plurality of plays of a game: select one of a plurality of different levels, each of said plurality of different levels including a clue associated with that level and a plurality of responses to that clue, wherein the clue indicates at least two but less than all of the plurality of responses which are preferred responses, randomly select one of the at least two preferred responses to be a designated preferred response, wherein for a first of the plurality of plays of the game, a first one of the at least two preferred responses is the designated preferred response to a designated clue, and wherein for a second of the plurality of plays of the game, a different second one of the at least two preferred responses is the designated preferred response to said same designated clue, randomly associate each of a plurality of masked selections with one of the responses to the clue, wherein the masked selection associated with the designated preferred response includes a pay outcome, display the clue, the plurality of masked selections, and the plurality of associated responses of the selected one of the plurality of different levels, enable a player to make a number of picks of one of the masked selections, said number of picks being greater than one, wherein, for each of said picks of one of the masked selections: (a) display a first result if said picked masked selection includes the pay outcome and a count against said number of picks, (b) display a second result if said picked masked selection includes a move to a next one of the levels outcome and a count against said number of picks, (c) display a third result if said picked masked selection includes another pick from the same selection level outcome and a count against said number of picks, and (d) display a fourth result if said picked masked selection includes a move to a next level outcome and does not include a count against the player's number of picks, and thereafter provide an award to the player based on any displayed first results resulting from the picks of the selections.