Patent ID: 7575515

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing 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 input device and the at least one display device to: (a) simultaneously and initially display each element of each of a plurality of groups of elements, wherein each group includes a plurality of elements and none of the plurality of initially displayed elements in each group of elements are associated with a terminator; (b) cause at least one element of one of the groups of elements to be picked; (c) after the at least one element is picked, associate a terminator with each of a plurality of elements of at least one of the groups of elements which does not include the at least one picked element; (d) provide a player any award associated with the picked element; (e) after the terminator has been associated with each of the plurality of elements of the at least one group of elements which does not include the at least one picked element, cause at least one element of one of the groups of elements to be subsequently picked; (f) provide the player any award associated with each subsequently picked element; and (g) terminate the game if the element caused to be picked is associated with one of the terminators.