Patent ID: 7503850

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a display device adapted to display a game, the game involving a plurality of symbols including at least one non-terminator symbol and at least one terminator symbol; and a processor configured to operate with said display device for a play of the game to: (a) start the play of the game; (b) display a plurality of the symbols; (c) enable a player to select at least one of the displayed symbols; (d) if the selected symbol is the at least one non-terminator symbol: (i) provide a value to the player; and (ii) repeat steps (c) and (d)(i) until a termination condition is satisfied; and (e) if said selected symbol is a terminator symbol: (i) terminate the play; and (ii) provide another value to the player, the another value being at least partially based on a quantity of said non-terminator symbols which were not selected when the play was terminated.