Patent ID: 8491374

Claim:
A gaming apparatus comprising at least one display and a game controller arranged to: control operation of a base game and a feature game; control the at least one display to display representations of play of the base game, the representations comprising a plurality of symbols selected from a set of symbols, each of the plurality of symbols being displayed in a respective display position; control the at least one display to display representations of play of the feature game, the representations comprising a selector having a plurality of outcome indicating parts and a marker; determine a game outcome for the feature game and control the selector to indicate one of the outcome indicating parts to indicate the game outcome; select, in accordance with the occurrence of the game outcome in the feature game, (1) at least one symbol from the set of symbols, and (2) a value that is indicative of at least one awarded subsequent plays of the base game; assign an enhanced functionality to the at least one symbol, the enhanced functionality applying to each occurrence of the at least one symbol in each of the at least one awarded subsequent plays of the base game; and control operation of the at least one awarded subsequent plays of the base game in which a plurality of symbols is selected from the set of symbols, wherein an outcome of the at least one awarded subsequent plays of the base game is determined based on the selected symbols and the enhanced functionality in the at least one awarded subsequent plays of the base game.