Patent ID: 7390258

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: an interactive game, wherein for each play of said interactive game, a predetermined game outcome which is either a winning game outcome or a losing game outcome is obtained from a finite pool of game outcomes; a plurality of playing symbols in the interactive game, wherein for each interactive game, a set of first playing symbols is formed from a plurality of said symbols and a set of second playing symbols is formed from a plurality of said symbols, wherein each of said second playing symbols is associated with a respective one of said first playing symbols; at least one predetermined designation associated with said first playing symbols; a display device adapted to display the interactive game; and a processor operable with said display device to control the play of the interactive game by: (a) displaying the set of first playing symbols to a player; (b) enabling the player to designate a subset of the displayed first playing symbols to replace; (c) if the player's designation is consistent with the predetermined designation associated with said first playing symbols: (i) displaying the second playing symbol associated with at least one of the first playing symbols, and (ii) providing said predetermined game outcome to the player, and (d) if the player's designation is inconsistent with the predetermined designation associated with said first playing symbols: (i) displaying a modification of the player's designated subset of the first playing symbols, wherein independent of the player's designation, said modification causes the displayed playing symbols to correspond to the predetermined game outcome, and (ii) providing said predetermined game outcome to the player.