Patent ID: 7824263

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 said 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, for a play of a game, to: (a) determine a number of free spins of a plurality of reels to display to a player, said number being at least two, said plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols, said symbols including a plurality of award symbols and a plurality of target symbols, wherein a plurality of awards are associated with the award symbols or combinations of the award symbols, (b) for each of said determined number of free spins of the reels: (i) randomly generate and display a plurality of said symbols, (ii) determine any awards associated with any award symbols generated for said free spin, and (iii) if said free spin occurs before a final free spin, for each target symbol generated in said free spin, enable the player to pick one of a plurality of selections prior to displaying any remaining free spin of said determined number of free spins, each of said selections associated with at least one game function, (iv) if said free spin is the final free spin, for each target symbol generated in said free spin, enable the player to pick one of the plurality of selections, and (c) when there are no free spins remaining: (i) determine a cumulative award based on any awards determined in said free spins, (ii) determine a cumulative game function based on the game functions associated with each of the selections picked by the player in said free spins, (iii) determine a total award based on the cumulative award and the cumulative game function, and (iv) provide said determined total award to the player.