Patent ID: 6971953

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a game operable upon a wager by a player; a plurality of goals, including a destination goal; a plurality of offers associated with a plurality of said goals; at least one goal indicator adapted to individually indicate said goals; at least one display device adapted to display said plurality of goals and the goal indicator; and at least one setback condition associated with at least one of said goals, wherein the processor is operable with said display device after the occurrence of an event associated with said game to: (a) cause the goal indicator to indicate one of the goals; (b) if the indicated goal is associated with any of said setback conditions, cause the goal indicator to subsequently indicate another one of said goals which is further from said destination goal than said indicated goal, wherein the goal further from said destination goal is based on said setback condition; (c) if the indicated goal is not associated with any of said setback conditions: (i) enable the player to accept or reject any offer associated with the indicated goal, (ii) if the player accepts any offer associated with the indicated goal, provide the accepted offer to the player, and (iii) if the player rejects any offer associated with the indicated goal, cause the goal indicator to subsequently indicate another one of said goals which is closer to the destination goal than the indicated goal, and (d) repeat steps (b) to (c) at least once unless the player accepts any offer.