Patent ID: 7371174

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a bonus game; a display device adapted to display the bonus game to a player; and a processor in communication with the display device, wherein the processor is programmed to operate with the display device to: (a) initiate a preliminary bonus game sequence, (b) display a preliminary award generated as an outcome of said preliminary bonus game sequence, (c) randomly select independent of player input one of a plurality of different predefined alternative ending sequences for said bonus game, wherein a plurality of the alternate ending sequences each include at least one preliminary award modification step which occurs after the display of the preliminary award, and wherein each of the ending sequences that include at least one preliminary award modification step are configured to modify the preliminary award in one of a plurality of different predetermined manners, and (d) displays said randomly selected alternative ending sequence to modify the preliminary award in the predetermined manner associated with the selected ending sequence to determine a final award to provide to the player, wherein the final award is based on the preliminary award and any modifications to the preliminary award generated by the selected alternative ending sequence.