Patent ID: 7604539

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one display device configured to display: (i) a game operable upon a wager, and (ii) a puzzle having a plurality of movable puzzle elements repositionable relative to one another so that: (a) the puzzle has an unsolved condition at a first time in which all of the movable puzzle elements form a first spatial arrangement; and (b) the puzzle has a solved condition at a second time in which all of the movable puzzle elements form a second spatial arrangement which is different from the first spatial arrangement; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores 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 to: (a) display the game, and (b) after an occurrence of a designated event: (i) randomly determine a final value; (ii) determine an amount of time that will elapse between the first time and the second time, the amount of time based on the randomly determined final value; (iii) display the puzzle having the unsolved condition at the first time; (iv) indicate an initial value when or before the puzzle has the unsolved condition; (v) cause the puzzle to proceed from the unsolved condition toward the solved condition; (vi) in response to the determined amount of time elapsing, cause the puzzle to have the solved condition at the second time; (vii) indicate the randomly determined final value; and (viii) indicate at least one award based on the indicated final value.