Patent ID: 7341512

Claim:
A computer system operable to communicate with at least one gaming device, the computer system comprising: at least one processor operatively coupled to a network, the network being operatively accessible to the gaming device; and at least one data storage device operatively coupled to the processor, the data storage device storing a plurality of instructions associated with at least one game which is playable by a player using the gaming device, the instructions being executable to: (a) cause the gaming device to display of a plurality of rounds; (b) cause the gaming device to display a base in each round including at least two characteristics; (c) cause the gaming device to display a plurality of selections, each of the selections having at least two characteristics; (d) enable a player in an initial round to pick selections in the round until none of the characteristics of the unpicked selections match one of the characteristics of the base; (e) cause a determination of an award based on the number of picked selections which include at least one characteristic that matches one of the characteristics of the base; (f) cause a subsequent round to initiate in the game when none of the characteristics of the unpicked selections match at least one of the characteristics of the base; and (g) cause a total award to be provided to the player associated with the determined award in each of the rounds after a designated event occurs.