Patent ID: 8721429

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device adapted to display a game; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to control a play of the game by: (a) displaying a quantity of modifiers, wherein said quantity of displayed modifiers is at least two and said quantity of displayed modifiers is independent of any wagers placed by a player; (b) for each displayed modifier, enabling the player to apply said modifier to a first game component, a second, different game component or a combination of the first game component and the second game component; (c) if the player applied said modifiers to the first game component: (i) modifying said first game component by each applied modifier, and (ii) generating and displaying a first game outcome, wherein said generated game outcome is based on said modified first game component and said second game component; (d) if the player applied said modifiers to the second game component: (i) modifying said second game component by each applied modifier, and (ii) generating and displaying a second game outcome, wherein said generated game outcome is based on said first game component and said modified second game component; (e) if the player applied said modifiers to the combination of the first game component and the second game component: (i) modifying said first game component by each modifier applied to said first game component, (ii) modifying said second game component by each modifier applied to said second game component, and (iii) generating and displaying a third game outcome, wherein said generated game outcome is based on said modified first game component and said modified second game component; and (f) determining and displaying any award based on any generated game outcome.