Patent ID: 8382578

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one processor; at least one display device; at least one input device; and at least one memory device storing 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, upon an occurrence of a triggering event, for a play of a game, to: (a) provide a player with a quantity of one or more selection opportunities; (b) enable the player to use one of said selection opportunities to cause a selection of one of a plurality of award generators, the plurality of award generators including a first award generator and a plurality of second different award generators, each of the award generators having one of a plurality of average expected payouts; (c) if the player does not use one of said selection opportunities, utilize the first award generator to generate an award; (d) if the player uses one of said selection opportunities: (i) reduce the player's quantity of selection opportunities; (ii) randomly select one of the second different award generators; (iii) if none of said selection opportunities remain, utilize the randomly selected award generator to generate an award; and (iv) if one or more of said selection opportunities remain: (A) enable the player to use one of said remaining selection opportunities to cause a selection of another one of the award generators to replace the randomly selected award generator; (B) if the player uses one of said remaining selection opportunities, repeat (d)(i) to (d)(iv); and (C) if the player does not use one of said remaining selection opportunities, utilize the randomly selected second award generator to generate an awards; and (e) provide the generated award to the player.