Claims
- 1. A gaming device comprising:a plurality of selections; a plurality of symbols, wherein each of said symbols is associated with one of said selections and at least one pair of said symbols is related; at least one basic value associated with each of said symbols; at least one match value associated with the pair of related symbols; at least one display device adapted to display the selections and the symbols to a player; and a processor operable with the display device to enable the player to pick a plurality of selections, cause the symbol associated with the player picked selection to be displayed on the display device, award the player with the basic value associated with the symbol, award the player the match value when the pair of related symbols is displayed by the display device, and increase the basic values associated with each of said unpicked symbols when the pair of related symbols is displayed by the display device.
- 2. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes a plurality of pairs of related symbols.
- 3. The gaming device of claim 2, wherein the match values associated with any pairs of related symbols which are not displayed increase when said basic values associated with the unpicked symbols increase.
- 4. A method for playing a game of a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:(a) displaying a plurality of selections for a player to select, wherein each selection is associated with one of a plurality of symbols and at least one pair of the symbols is related; (b) enabling the player to pick at least one of the selections and displaying the symbol associated with said selection; (c) awarding the player at least one basic value associated with the displayed symbol; (d) if the pair of related symbols is displayed, awarding the player at least one match value associated with the two related symbols; (e) if the pair of related symbols is displayed, increasing the basic value associated with each unpicked symbol; and (f) repeating steps (b) to (e) at least once.
- 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the match value associated with any pairs of symbols which are not displayed also increases when the basic value increases.
- 6. The method of claim 4, which includes the step of operating the gaming device through a data network.
- 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the data network is an internet.
- 8. The method of claim 4, wherein computer instructions for implementing steps (a) to (f) are stored in a memory device.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to the following commonly-owned co-pending patent applications: “GAMING DEVICE HAVING A MULTIPLE SELECTION GROUP BONUS ROUND,” Ser. No. 09/605,107, “GAMING DEVICE HAVING A BONUS SCHEME WITH SYMBOL GENERATOR AND SYMBOL TERMINATING CONDITION,” Ser. No. 09/652,312, “GAMING DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE AUDIO, VIDEO OR AUDIO-VIDEO EXHIBITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RELATED SYMBOLS,” Ser. No. 09/689,529, and “GAMING DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE CHOICE LARGE AWARD BONUS SCHEME,” Ser. No. 09/686,284,
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