Patent ID: 8469794

Claim:
A method of gaming in a gaming system having a display, the method comprising: a) displaying a plurality of display positions to a player on the display, at least one of the display positions corresponding to a hidden object to be sought by the player; b) determining a selection of a display position; c) revealing whether or not the selected display position corresponds to the hidden object; d) determining whether to allow a further selection of another display position by conducting at least one trial, said trial being independent of whether or not the selected position corresponds to the hidden object, and said trial for completing a symbol combination based on randomly displayed symbols; and e) repeating steps b) to d) until either the symbol combination is completed or a designated number of selected display positions corresponding to hidden objects are revealed, wherein once the symbol combination is completed, no further selections of display positions are allowed resulting in a losing outcome in which no prizes are awarded.