Patent ID: 7052395

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a display device; a primary game adapted to be displayed by the display device; a set of reels in the primary game including a plurality of primary symbols; a plurality of primary awards associated with the primary symbols; a first secondary game adapted to be displayed by said display device; a set of reels in the first secondary game including a plurality of secondary symbols, wherein said secondary symbols include at least one different symbol than the primary symbols; a second secondary game adapted to be displayed by the display device; a plurality of secondary awards associated with the secondary symbols in each of the secondary games, wherein the secondary awards are different than the primary awards; and a processor which, in each play of the primary game, causes the display device to display the set of reels in the primary game, randomly determines the primary symbols indicated by the set of reels in the primary game, provides any primary awards associated with the primary symbols indicated on the reels in the primary game, causes the display device to replace the set of reels in the primary game with the set of reels in the first secondary game when a first triggering event occurs in the primary game, and after a first triggering event occurs in the primary game (i) randomly determines the secondary symbols indicated by the set of reels of the first secondary game, (ii) provides any secondary awards associated with the secondary symbols indicated on the reels in the first secondary game, and (iii) causes the display device to replace the set of reels in the first secondary game with the second secondary game when a second triggering event occurs in the first secondary game, wherein the primary game does not include a triggering event which directly causes the processor to cause the display device to display the second secondary game.