Patent ID: 7666089

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, for each of a plurality of plays of a game, to: (a) for a plurality of different groups of selections of at least three different groups of selections, initially display each of the selections of the plurality of groups of selections, wherein each of the at least three groups of selections includes a different plurality of selections, each of the at least three groups of selections is associated with one of a plurality of different awards, and one of the at least three groups of selections includes a plurality of designated selections; (b) for said group of selections including the plurality of designated selections, initially display said award associated with said group of designated selections; (c) cause a selection generator to randomly generate one of the displayed selections; (d) accumulate said generated selection; (e) display the accumulation of said generated selection, wherein the accumulation for each of the groups of selections is displayed separately; (f) determine if any of said selections for any of the groups of selections have been accumulated a designated number of times, said designated number being at least two; (g) if at least one of said selections for at least one of the groups of selections has been accumulated the designated number of times, display and provide a player the award associated with the group of selections that has been accumulated the designated number of times; and (h) if none of said selections for any of the groups of selections have been accumulated the designated number of times: (i) replace said generated selection with one of the designated selections from the group of designated selections; (ii) display the replacement of said generated selection, and (iii) repeat (c) to (h).