Patent ID: 7500914

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a game controlled by the processor; a plurality of awards in said game; an award generator in said game, said award generator operable to generate said plurality of awards; a plurality of award indicators in said game, said plurality of award indicators associated with said award generator; a plurality of activator symbol sets, each symbol set including a plurality of activator symbols and at least two of said activator symbols in at least one symbol set are different, wherein each activator symbol is associated with at least one of said award indicators and at least one activator symbol in at least one of the symbol sets is associated with at least two award indicators; and a plurality of selections sets in said game, each selection set associated with one of said plurality of activator symbol sets and each selection set including a plurality of selections, wherein for at least one selection set, at least one selection is associated with an advance indicator and at least one selection is associated with an initiator; and a display device adapted to display at least part of said game; wherein said processor is operable with said display device to control a play of said game by: (a) displaying one of the selection sets; (b) determining the activator symbol set associated with said displayed selection set; (c) causing one of the selections in said displayed selection set to be picked; (d) revealing if the picked selection is associated with one of said advance indicators or one of said initiators; (e) if the picked selection is associated with one of said advance indicators: (i) displaying another one of said selection sets, (ii) determining said activator symbol set associated with said other displayed selection set, and (iii) repeating (b) to (d) at least once; and (f) if the picked selection is associated with one of said initiators: (i) displaying said determined activator symbol set, (ii) indicating one of said activator symbols in said displayed activator symbol set, (iii) activating any of said award indicators associated with said indicated activator symbol, (iv) causing said award generator to generate at least one of said awards, and (v) providing a player any generated award indicated by each activated award indicator.