Patent ID: 6908383

Claim:
A gaming device having a game operable upon a wager, the gaming device comprising: a plurality of paths including a first path and a second path, each of the paths including a plurality of symbols; at least one outcome associated with at least one of the symbols; a symbol marker; at least one path change condition associated with at least the first path, wherein the path change condition is selected from the group consisting of: (a) the symbol marker moving to a designated symbol on the first path at least twice, (b) the symbol marker moving to a designated type of symbol on the first path at least twice, and (c) the symbol marker completing at least two trips through the first path; and a display device operable to display: (a) the first path, the second path and the symbols to a player upon an event associated with the game; (b) the symbol marker moving, on at least one occasion, from one of the symbols on the first path to another one of the symbols on the first path; (c) after the path change condition occurs in association with the first path, the symbol marker at one of the symbols on the second path; and (d) the symbol marker moving, on at least one occasion, from one of the symbols on the second path to another one of the symbols on the second path.