Patent ID: 7862420

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 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, after a wager by a player, and for a single play of a game, to: (i) display a plurality of reels, the plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols, said symbols including at least one prize symbol associated with a physical prize and at least one re-trigger symbol, (ii) determine a quantity of initial spins of the reels which will subsequently be displayed, the determined quantity of initial spins being greater than one, (iii) display a first designated number, said first designated number initially being equal to the determined quantity of initial spins of the reels, (iv) for one of the initial spins of the reels, display said reels spinning and stopping, (v) reduce the displayed first designated number to indicate how many of the determined quantity of initial spins remain to be subsequently displayed, (vi) repeat (iv) and (v) until the displayed first designated number reaches zero, (vii) display at least one additional spin of the reels if a predetermined symbol combination including the re-trigger symbol occurs on the reels during the displayed initial spins of the reels, (viii) accumulate any prize symbols which occur on the reels in each of said displayed initial spins and said at least one additional spin of the reels, (ix) cause the physical prize to be awarded to the player if the accumulated number of prize symbols reaches a second designated number of prize symbols necessary to be accumulated to win the associated physical prize, wherein the second designated number of prize symbols is greater than the number of prize symbols which can possibly be accumulated in the displayed initial spins of the reels, and (x) cause the single play of the game to end and reset the accumulated number of prize symbols to zero.