Patent ID: 7371166

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one display device operable to display a game resulting from a wager, said game including a plurality of displayed symbols; at least one input device; and a controller configured to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device for a single play of the game: (a) to randomly determine a first quantity of independent rounds and randomly assign at least one of a plurality of items to one of the plurality of displayed symbols for each of the determined first quantity of independent rounds, wherein said first quantity is at least one, (b) to randomly determine a second quantity of independent rounds and randomly assign at least one of the plurality of items to a plurality of the displayed symbols for each of the determined second quantity of independent rounds, wherein said second quantity is at least one, (c) to randomly determine a third quantity of independent rounds and randomly assign at least one of the plurality of items to all of the displayed symbols for each of the determined third quantity of independent rounds, wherein said third quantity is at least one and said random assignment for each round is independent of said other rounds, (d) to enable the player to select one of the displayed symbols in each of the determined quantities of independent rounds, and (e) to provide an award to the player for each of said determined quantities of independent rounds if said player selects one of the displayed symbols having at least one of said assigned items in said independent round.