Patent ID: 8491375

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, for a play of a game associated with a plurality of different symbols, to: (i) cause a spin of a target reel and a plurality of accumulative reels, the target reel including a plurality of the symbols and each of the accumulative reels including a plurality of the symbols, at least one of the symbols on each of the accumulative reels being the same as at least one of the symbols on the target reel; (ii) designate one of the symbols using the target reel; (iii) determine a number of times the designated symbol appears on the accumulative reels, said number not including a number of times the designated symbol appears on the target reel; and (iv) provide an award to a player based on the designated symbol and the determined number of times the designated symbol appears on the accumulative reels.