Gaming device having an adjacent selection bonus scheme

A gaming device comprising:

• a game;
• a plurality of levels in said game, wherein at least one of said levels is related to at least another one of said levels;
• a plurality of selections in each of said levels of said game, wherein each selection is in one level and only one of the selections in each of said levels may be picked in the game;
• at least one award associated with at least one of said selections in said game;
• at least one terminator associated with at least one of said selections in said game;
• a display device adapted to display said game;
• and
• a processor operable with said display device to control the play of said game by:
• (a) causing a pick of one of the plurality of selections in one of said levels;
• (b) limiting at least one selection in at least one of said levels from being subsequently picked in the game, wherein said level which includes the limited selection is related to the level of said picked selection;
• (c) repeating steps (a) to (b) for at least another one of said levels, wherein steps (a) to (b) are repeated until said terminator is picked or one of the selections in each of said levels is picked;
• and
• (d) providing the player any award based on the picked selections.

A gaming device comprising:

• a game;
• a plurality of levels in said game, wherein at least one of said levels is related to at least another one of said levels;
• a plurality of selections in each of said levels of said game, wherein each selection is in one level and one selection must be picked from each level before an additional selection may be picked from any of said levels;
• at least one award associated with at least one of said selections in said game;
• a display device adapted to display said game;
• and
• a processor operable with said display device to control the play of said game by:
• (a) causing a pick of one of the plurality of selections in one of said levels;
• (b) limiting at least one selection in at least one of said levels from being subsequently picked in the game, wherein said level which includes the limited selection is related to the level of said picked selection;
• (c) repeating steps (a) to (b) for at least another one of said levels, wherein steps (a) to (b) are repeated until a terminating event occurs;
• and
• (d) providing the player any award based on the picked selections.

A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) displaying a plurality of levels, wherein each level includes a plurality of selections, each selection is in one level and each of said levels is related to at least one other level;
• (b) enabling a player to pick one of the plurality of selections in one of said plurality of levels, wherein only one of the selections in each of said levels may be picked by the player;
• (c) limiting at least one selection in at least one of said levels from being subsequently picked by the player, wherein said level which includes the limited selection is related to the level of said player picked selection;
• (d) repeating steps (b) to (c) for at least another one of said levels, wherein steps (b) to (c) are repeated until a terminating event occurs;
• and
• (e) providing the player an award based on the player picked selections.

A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) displaying a plurality of levels, wherein each level includes a plurality of selections, each selection is in one level and each of said levels is related to at least one other level;
• (b) providing a number of picks of said selections;
• (c) enabling a player to pick one of the plurality of selections in one of said plurality of levels, wherein only one of the selections in each of said levels may be picked by the player;
• (d) reducing the number of picks of said selections by one;
• (e) limiting at least one selection in at least one of said levels from being subsequently picked by the player, wherein said level which includes the limited selection is related to the level of said player picked selection;
• (f) providing the player any award associated with said player picked selection;
• (g) increasing or decreasing the provided number of picks of said selections by at least one if a pick modifier is associated with said player picked selections;
• and
• (h) repeating steps (c) to (g) for at least another one of said levels, wherein steps (c) to (g) are repeated until a terminating event occurs.

A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) causing a pick of one of a plurality of selections in one of a plurality of levels, wherein each level includes a plurality of selections, each selection is in one level, at least one of said levels is related to at least another one of said levels and only one of the selections in each of said levels may be picked;
• (b) limiting at least one selection in at least one of said levels from being subsequently picked, wherein said level which includes the limited selection is related to the level of said picked selection;
• (c) repeating steps (a) to (b) for at least another one of said levels, wherein steps (a) to (b) are repeated until a terminating event occurs;
• and
• (d) providing the player an award based on the picked selections.

A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) causing a pick of one of a plurality of selections in one of a plurality of levels, wherein each level includes a plurality of selections, each selection is in one level, at least one of said levels is related to at least another one of said levels and only one of the selections in each of said levels may be picked;
• (b) limiting at least one selection in at least one of said levels from being subsequently picked, wherein said level which includes the limited selection is related to the level of said picked selection;
• (c) repeating steps (a) to (b) for at least another one of said levels, wherein steps (a) to (b) are repeated until a terminator is picked or one of the selections in each of said levels is picked;
• and
• (d) providing the player an award based on the picked selections.

A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) causing a pick of one of a plurality of selections in one of a plurality of levels, wherein each level includes a plurality of selections, each selection is in one level, at least one of said levels is related to at least another one of said levels and one selection must be picked from each level before an additional selection may be picked from any of said levels;
• (b) limiting at least one selection in at least one of said levels from being subsequently picked, wherein said level which includes the limited selection is related to the level of said picked selection;
• (c) repeating steps (a) to (b) for at least another one of said levels, wherein steps (a) to (b) are repeated until a terminating event occurs;
• and
• (d) providing the player an award based on the picked selections.