Patent ID: 8449375

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one input device; at least one display 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 input device and the at least one display device to: provide a game operable upon a wager by a player and controlled by the at least one processor, provide a plurality of ranked symbols in the game, and for a play of the game to: (a) enable the player to select a number of the ranked symbols to play in the play of the game, said number being at least two and less than a maximum number; (b) thereafter, randomly select a quantity of the ranked symbols equal to the number of ranked symbols selected to be played by the player from all of the ranked symbols; (c) display each of the selected quantity of ranked symbols; (d) thereafter, for each of the displayed ranked symbols: (i) enable the player to make an input to indicate whether a comparison symbol will be ranked higher or lower than said displayed ranked symbol, wherein each of the plurality of provided ranked symbols in the game are selected or generated only once for the play of the game such that the number of ranked symbols selected by the player can change a probability of the player making a correct input; (ii) randomly generate said comparison symbol for said displayed ranked symbol; (iii) determine if said comparison symbol is ranked higher or lower than said displayed ranked symbol; and (iv) determine if the player's input was correct; (e) determine a number of correct inputs made by the player; and (f) provide an award to the player based upon the number of correct inputs made, wherein an amount of the award provided to the player is based upon whether the number of correct inputs made equals one of a plurality of predetermined numbers of correct inputs associated with the number of ranked symbols selected and a first number of ranked symbols selected is associated with a first quantity of predetermined numbers of correct inputs and a second, different number of ranked symbols selected is associated with a second, different quantity of predetermined numbers of correct inputs.