Patent ID: 7371169

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device having a game operable upon a wager, said method comprising: (a) displaying a plurality of different symbols to a player; (b) sorting said symbols into a plurality of divisions of symbols without revealing to the player which symbols are sorted into which divisions; (c) enabling the player to select one of the divisions of symbols; (d) decreasing the amount of different symbols if the selected division includes more than one symbol; (e) displaying the remaining different symbols to the player if the selected division includes more than one symbol; (f) repeating (b) to (e) if the selected division includes more than one symbol, wherein the amount of the remaining different symbols displayed equals the amount of different symbols in the selected division; and (g) providing an outcome to the player based on the symbol of the selected division if the symbol is the only symbol in the selected division.