Patent ID: 7354344

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a plurality of symbols; at least one player input device; at least one display device; and at least one processor programmed to operate with the at least one player input device and the at least one display device to: (i) determine at least one first set of the symbols to display to a player; (ii) display the first set of the symbols to the player; (iii) determine a plurality of offer sets of the symbols, each of said plurality of offer sets including a plurality of, but less than all of the plurality of symbols; (iv) simultaneously offer each of the symbols of each of said offer sets of the symbols to the player, wherein each of the symbols of each of said offer sets of the symbols is displayed to the player when offered to the player; (v) for at least two of the plurality of offer sets, enable the player to select at least one, but not all, of the symbols from said offer set to add to said first set, wherein if selecting more than one symbol to add to said first set, the player is required to select at least one symbol from at least two different offer sets; add the player-selected symbols from said offer sets of the symbols to said first set of the symbols; and if the first set of the symbols includes a winning combination of the symbols, provide the player with an award.