Patent ID: 7690981

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 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 input device and the at least one display device to: provide a game; provide a plurality of elements in said game; provide a plurality of different element groups in said game, wherein each of said element groups includes at least one of said elements, at least one of said element groups includes a plurality of said elements and each of said plurality of different element groups is associated with one of a plurality of positions; provide a plurality of selections in said game, wherein each of said selections is associated with one of said different element groups and at least one of said selections is associated with a plurality of said different element groups and wherein said plurality of selections are displayed separately from said plurality of positions; provide at least one designated pattern of said plurality of positions, said designated pattern of positions including at least two of said positions; and control a play of said game by: (a) enabling a player to pick one of said selections, wherein any element group or element groups associated with the selection are not revealed to the player prior to the player picking said selection; (b) flagging each of said respective positions of said element group or element groups associated with said picked selection; (c) determining if all of the positions in one of said designated patterns of positions has been flagged; (d) repeating (a) to (c) if all of the positions in one of said designated patterns of positions has not been flagged; and (e) if all of the positions in one of said designated patterns of positions has been flagged, providing the player an award, wherein said award is based, at least in part, on said designated pattern of flagged positions.