Patent ID: 7258611

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a plurality of reels; a plurality of symbols on the reels; a triggering event associated with at least one of said symbols or a combination of said symbols occurring on said reels; a plurality of free spins of the reels; a plurality of multipliers associated with the free spins of the reels; and a processor programmed to control the reels, whereupon after the triggering event occurs on the reels, the processor is programmed to: (i) provide said free spins of the reels to a player, (ii) determine an award, if any, to provide to the player for each free spin based upon the symbols occurring on the reels from said free spin and based on one of the multipliers picked from the plurality of multipliers, (iii) pick at least a first one of the multipliers and a second different one of the multipliers during said plurality of free spins of the reels, and (iv) determine a value of said second different multiplier (a) based on a value of said first multiplier being previously picked (b) independently of said symbols or said combination of said symbols occurring on said reels, and (c) regardless of whether an award was paid to the player in a previous free spin.