Patent ID: 7335102

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a game controlled by the processor; a plurality of paths in said game, wherein a plurality of said paths each include a plurality of symbols; at least one award in said game, each award associated with at least one of the symbols; at least one path change condition in said game; an award limit in said game; and a display device operable to display the game; wherein said processor is operable with said display device to control a play of the game by: (a) displaying said plurality of paths to a player; (b) displaying a symbol marker occupying one of the symbols of one of the paths; (c) accumulating any award associated with the symbol marker's currently occupied symbol; (d) determining whether the path change condition occurs; (e) if the path change condition occurs, displaying the symbol marker at one of the symbols of a different one of the paths; (f) if the path change condition does not occur, displaying the symbol marker at another one of the symbols of the same path as the symbol marker's currently occupied symbol; and (g) repeating (c) to (g) until a termination event occurs or until the accumulated award reaches the award limit.