Patent ID: 7775877

Claim:
A gaming device having a bonus round selectively accessible by a player, said gaming device comprising: at least one display device configured to display: (i) at least one symbol display having at least one award symbol associated with a number of awards, and (ii) at least one prize indicator; at least one prize selector associated with the at least one prize indicator; and a controller configured to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one prize selector to: (a) for at least one play of a base game, randomly generate a plurality of symbols including said at least one award symbol, (b) escrow any awards associated with the randomly generated award symbols, (c) if a predetermined number of awards are escrowed, enable the player to selectively access said at least one prize indicator by selecting said at least one prize selector associated with said at least one prize indicator (d) if the player accesses said at least one prize indicator, randomly select one of a plurality of prizes associated with said at least one prize indicator, and (e) provide the randomly selected prize to the player.