Patent ID: 8142274

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one display device to display at least a first one of a plurality of plays of a game; (b) after an occurrence of a first triggering event associated with at least the first one of the plurality of plays of the game: (i) causing a pick of at least one of a plurality of selections of a selection set, wherein a plurality of awards are associated with the selections of the selection set, and (ii) causing at least one processor to reduce the number of selections of said selection set by at least one, (c) after the occurrence of the first triggering event, causing the at least one display device to display the play of at least a second, different one of the plurality of plays of the game; (d) after an occurrence of a second triggering event associated with at least the second, different one of the plurality of plays of the game, causing a pick of at least one of the reduced number of selections of said selection set; and (e) providing a player any awards associated with the picked selections.