Patent ID: 8651942

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one input device; at least one display 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: (a) enable a player to pick one of a plurality of selections; (b) after enabling the player to pick one of the plurality of selections, designate a characteristic from a plurality of characteristics, wherein said designated characteristic is based on the player's picked selection; (c) associate said designated characteristic with a modifier; (d) activate an award display including a plurality of sections, wherein said award display is associated with at least one award indicator, a plurality of the sections of the award display are each associated with an award and a plurality of the sections of the award display are each associated with one of said plurality of characteristics; (e) indicate at least one of said sections of the award display; and (f) if the at least one indicated section of the award display is associated with the designated characteristic: (i) modify the award associated with the indicated section of the award display, wherein said modification is based on the modifier associated with the designated characteristic, and (ii) display the modified award.