Patent ID: 7597620

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one input device; at least one processor; at least one display device; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the 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 to: (a) select a first goal value from a plurality of different goal values; (b) display said selected goal value; (c) randomly generate a score value from a plurality of different score values; (d) display said generated score value; (e) if said generated score value achieves said selected goal value, enable the player to accept one of: (i) an award based on said generated score value, and (ii) an opportunity to beat said generated score value; (f) advance said selected goal value to said generated score value if the player accepts the opportunity to beat said generated score value; (g) provide said award to the player based on said generated score value if the player accepts the award based on said generated score value; and (h) repeat (b) to (f) until a designated number of the score values have been generated, the player accepts one of said awards, or until said generated score value fails to achieve said selected goal value.