Patent ID: 6939229

Claim:
A gaming apparatus comprising: a value input device; a display element; and a processor operatively coupled to the value input device, the display element, and a memory, the processor receiving a wager via the value input device from a player; the processor causing the display element to display an image representative of a base game; the processor determining if an event has occurred in the base game; the processor awarding the player at least one resource item to a set of player resource items from a set of possible resource items, the set of possible resource items comprising a plurality of resource items, if the event has occurred; the processor determining if a bonus event has occurred; the processor causing the display element to display an image representative of a bonus game if the bonus event has occurred; the processor selecting at least one resource item from the set of possible resource items if the bonus event has occurred; the processor receiving a player selection of at least one resource item from the set of player resource items if the bonus event has occurred; and the processor determining if the at least one resource item selected by the processor from the set of possible resource items matches the at least one resource item from the set of player resource items corresponding to the player selection.