Patent ID: 8177620

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one display device; at least one input 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) display a primary game including a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols, said symbols including at least one modifier activator symbol; (b) activate the reels and display at least one of said symbols; (c) provide any award based on the at least one displayed symbol; (d) determine whether the modifier activator symbol is displayed on the reels; (e) after the display of the modifier activator symbol, display: (i) a plurality of different modifiers, and (ii) a modifier function associated with each of the displayed plurality of modifiers; (f) after the modifier functions associated with the displayed plurality of modifiers are displayed, receive, from a player, a selection of one of the displayed plurality of modifiers; (g) after the selection, reactivate the reels a plurality of times; (h) automatically apply the modifier function associated with the player selected modifier to modify at least one function of the primary game for each one of said reactivations of the reels; and (i) after a winning outcome for at least one of the reactivations, provide an additional award based, at least in part, on the at least one modified function of the primary game.