Patent ID: 7874912

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one display device to display a play of a game including: (i) causing the at least one display device to display a first selection group having a plurality of selections, wherein at least one selection yields an award and at least one selection yields an advance indicator that ends a picking of the selections from the first selection group, (ii) causing the at least one display device to display a second selection group having a plurality of selections, wherein at least one selection yields an award and at least one selection yields an advance indicator that ends a picking of the selections from the second selection group, and (iii) causing the at least one display device to display a third selection group having at least one selection that yields a designated award; (b) causing the at least one display device to display a predetermined number of total game picks of the selections with which: (i) to pick from the first selection group, (ii) and if picks are remaining to pick from the second selection group, (iii) and if picks are remaining to pick from the third selection group, said predetermined number being at least two; (c) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to require use of all of the predetermined number of total game picks unless the selection that yields the designated award is picked; and (d) causing the at least one display device to display the awards yielded by the selections picked.