Patent ID: 7914369

Claim:
A method of operating a wagering gaming device, said method comprising: recognizing, via the gaming device, a wager for initiating game play; displaying, via the gaming device, a primary game play with a plurality of randomly selected indicia from a set of different indicia, wherein selected indicia from the set of indicia can form any of a plurality of different winning game outcomes; determining, via the gaming device, displayed indicia from the primary game play that at least partially satisfy any designated one of said winning game outcomes for a secondary game play, wherein at least one and less than all of the winning game outcomes are designated winning game outcomes, and each of said designated winning game outcomes is a predetermined different one of said winning game outcomes; replicating, via the gaming device, only the indicia that at least partially satisfy any of the designated winning game outcomes for the secondary game play to at least partially form the secondary game play; thereafter, if less than a designated quantity of the randomly selected indicia from the primary game play have been replicated to at least partially form the secondary game play, randomly select additional indicia from the set of different indicia to complete a formation of the designated quantity in the secondary game play using the additional indicia; determining, via the gaming device, if any of the winning game outcomes occurs for the primary game play; determining, via the gaming device, if any of the designated winning game outcomes occurs for the secondary game play based on any replicated indicia from the primary game play and any of said randomly selected additional indicia; and providing, via the gaming device, any determined awards associated with any determined winning game outcomes for the primary game play and any awards associated with any determined designated winning game outcomes which occur for the secondary game play.