Patent ID: 7121942

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a game; a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols, said symbols including a plurality of award symbols and at least one target symbol; a plurality of awards associated with the award symbols or combinations of the award symbols; a plurality of selections associated with the target symbol, each of said selections including at least one game function, wherein a number of said selections are available to be picked by a player; and a plurality of free spins of the reels provided to the player in a play of the game wherein for each of said provided free spins, until there are no free spins remaining, a processor is operable to: (a) activate the reels to randomly generate a plurality of the symbols on the reels, wherein said generated symbols include zero, one or more target symbols, (b) determine an award associated with any award symbols generated on the reels, (c) enable the player to pick one of the number of available selections for each of the target symbols generated on the reels, wherein the number of available selections is determined independently of the number of target symbols generated on the reels, (d) determine the game function associated with each of the picked selections, and (e) provide a total award based on the determined award and the determined game function associated with each picked selection.