Patent ID: 7819744

Claim:
A gaming system 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 to: (a) display a quantity of values, said quantity of values being at least two; (b) display a plurality of masked award opportunities, a plurality of said award opportunities being different; (c) for each of a plurality of said displayed values, enable a player to apply said value to one of said plurality of masked award opportunities; (d) for each of a plurality of said masked award opportunities with at least one applied value: (i) unmask said award opportunity, and (ii) modify said unmasked award opportunity, said modification based on at least one of said values applied to said award opportunity; (e) determine an award based, at least in part, on at least one of said modified award opportunities; and (f) display the determined award.