Patent ID: 7601060

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device including a plurality of instructions, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to maintain a predetermined set of symbols; (b) thereafter, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly generate symbols of the set via one or a plurality of plays of a base game; (c) causing at least one display device to display said randomly generated symbols; (d) after randomly generating symbols of the set, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to additionally randomly generate at least one value associated with one of the generated symbols of the set; (e) causing the at least one display device to display said at least one randomly generated value; (f) causing the at least one display device to display a progressive award to a player when each of the symbols of the set is randomly generated, said progressive award including the randomly generated value; and (g) providing the progressive award to the player.