Patent ID: 8562407

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions, wherein the plurality of instructions, 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 to: display a play of a primary game upon a wager by a player, the primary game including a plurality of symbols; upon the occurrence of a triggering event, provide a free activation mode, said free activation mode including an unlimited number of free plays of the primary game, wherein each of said free plays is without an additional wager by the player, wherein any awards for any winning symbol combinations which occur in each of said free plays are provided to the player; and for each of said free plays of the primary game, upon a generation of a terminating condition in said free plays, provide a free activation mode terminating event, wherein, in the free activation mode terminating event, a finite number of additional free plays of the primary game are provided, said finite number being at least one, wherein for each of the finite number of additional free plays, any awards for any winning symbol combinations which occur in said additional free play are provided to the player.