Patent ID: 7229350

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a plurality of symbol sets, each symbol set including a plurality of symbols; a value associated with at least one of the symbols in each of the symbol sets; at least one award associated with each of the symbols sets, the award for each symbol set including at least one of the values associated with at least one of the symbols in said symbol set; a display device operable to simultaneously display the symbol sets to a player; a symbol set selection input device; and a processor in communication with the display device and the symbol set selection input device, operable to: (a) enable the player to initially select a symbol set, (b) cause the display device to reveal the value associated with at least one of the symbols in the initially selected symbol set, and (c) provide the player with an option to obtain one of: (i) the award associated with the initially selected symbol set, and (ii) the award associated with a different one of the symbol sets by selecting a different one of the symbol sets.