Gaming device having a multi-round, multi-characteristic card game

A gaming device comprising:

• a game;
• a plurality of rounds in the game;
• a base in each round, said base including at least two characteristics;
• a plurality of selections, each of the selections including at least two characteristics;
• and
• a processor operable to:
• (i) determine a number of rounds in the game based on a wager made by a player;
• (ii) determine a number of the selections to display to a player in an initial round based on the wager made by the player;
• (iii) enable the player to pick selections in the initial round until none of the characteristics of the unpicked selections match one of the characteristics of the base or until there are no selections remaining in the initial round;
• (iv) determine an award based on the picked selections which includes at least one characteristic that matches one of the characteristics of the base;
• (v) initiate any remaining subsequent round when at least one characteristic of each of the selections in the initial round matches one of the characteristics of the base;
• (vi) provide a total award to the player associated with the determined award in each of the rounds when none of the characteristics of the unpicked selections match one of the characteristics of the base in one of the rounds or when there are no rounds remaining in the game.

A gaming device comprising:

• a game;
• a plurality of rounds in the game;
• a plurality of selections, each of the selections having at least two characteristics, wherein one of the selections is picked to initially function as a base;
• and
• a processor operable to:
• (i) determine a number of rounds in the game based on a wager made by a player;
• (ii) determine a number of the selections to display to a player in each of the rounds based on the wager made by the player;
• (iii) enable the player to pick selections in an initial round until none of the characteristics of the unpicked selections match one of the characteristics of the base or the previously picked selection which is functioning as the base, or until there are no selections remaining;
• (iv) sequentially replace the base with each of the picked selections in the round;
• (v) determine an award based on the picked selections 20 which include at least one characteristic that matches one of the characteristics of the base;
• (vi) initiate any remaining subsequent round when at least one characteristic of each of the selections in the initial round matches one of the characteristics of the base;
• and
• (vii) provide a total award to the player associated with the determined award in each of the rounds when none of the characteristics of the unpicked selections match one of the characteristics of the base in one of the rounds or when there are no rounds remaining in the game.

A gaming device comprising:

• a game;
• a plurality of rounds in the game;
• a base card in each round including at least two characteristics;
• a plurality of card selections including at least two characteristics;
• and
• a processor operable to:
• (i) determine a number of rounds in the game based on 10 a wager made by the player;
• (ii) determine a number of the card selections to display to a player in each of the rounds based on the wager made by the player;
• (iii) enable the player to pick card selections in an initial round until none of the characteristics of the unpicked card selections match one of the characteristics of the base card or until there are no card selections remaining;
• (iv) determine an award based on the picked card selections which include at least one characteristic that matches one of 20 the characteristics of the base card;
• (v) initiate a subsequent round when at least one characteristic of each of the card selections in the initial round matches one of the characteristics of the base card and the wager amount made by the player is equal to or greater than a designated wager amount;
• and
• (vi) provide a total award to the player associated with the determined award in each of the rounds when none of the characteristics of the unpicked card selections match one of the characteristics of the base card in one of the rounds or when there are no rounds remaining in the game.

A method of operating a gaming device having a game comprising:

• (a) determining a number of selections to display in the game based on a wager made by the player;
• (b) displaying a base including at least two characteristics to the player;
• (c) displaying the determined number of selections, each of the selections including at least two of the characteristics;
• (d) enabling a player to pick one of the selections;
• (e) repeating step (d) until none of the characteristics 20 of the unpicked selections match one of the characteristics of the base or until there are no selections remaining;
• (f) determining an award based on the picked selections which include at least one characteristic that matches one of the characteristics of the base;
• and
• (g) providing the award to the player.

A method of operating a gaming device having a game including a plurality of rounds, the method comprising:

• (a) determining a number of rounds in the game based on a wager made by a player;
• (b) determining a number of selections to display in each of the rounds based on the wager made by the player;
• (c) displaying a base including at least two characteristics in an initial round;
• (d) displaying the determined number of selections each including at least two of the characteristics in the round;
• (e) enabling a player to pick one of the selections;
• (f) repeating step (e) until none of the characteristics of the unpicked selections match one of the characteristics of the base or until there are no selections remaining;
• (g) determining an award for the round based on the picked selections which include at least one characteristic that matches one of the characteristics of the base;
• (h) initiating a subsequent round in the game when the determined number of rounds has not been reached, when at least one characteristic of each of the selections in the initial round matches one of the characteristics of the base and when the wager amount made by the player is equal to a greater than a designated wager amount;
• (i) repeating steps (d) to (h) until the determined 25 number of rounds has been reached in the game;
• and
• (j) providing a total award to the player associated with the determined award in each of the rounds in the game.

A method of operating a gaming device having a game including a plurality of rounds, the method comprising:

• (a) displaying a base card including at least two characteristics in an initial round of a plurality of rounds determined by 5 a wager made by a player;
• (b) determining a number of selections to display to the player in the round based on the wager made by the player;
• (c) displaying the determined number of card selections including at least two of the characteristics to the player in the round;
• (d) enabling the player to pick one of the card selections;
• (e) repeating step (d) until there are no card selections in the round that include at least one characteristic that matches one of the characteristics of the base card;
• (f) determining an award based on the number of picked selections which include at least one characteristic that matches one of the characteristics of the base card;
• (g) repeating steps (d) to (f) for any remaining round 20 until there are no rounds remaining in the game;
• and
• (h) providing a total award to the player associated with the determined award in each of the rounds in the game.

A gaming device comprising:

• (i) a game;
• (ii) a plurality of rounds in the game;
• (iii) a base selection in each round including at least two characteristics;
• (iv) a plurality of selections including at least two characteristics;
• and
• (v) a processor operable to:
• (i) determine a number of rounds in the game based on a wager made by the player;
• (ii) determine a number of the selections to display to a player in each of the rounds based on the wager made by the player;
• (iii) enable the player to pick selections in an initial round until none of the characteristics of the unpicked card selections match one of the characteristics of the base selection or until there are no selections remaining;
• (iv) determine an award based on the picked selections which include at least one characteristic that matches one of the characteristics of the base card;
• (v) initiate a subsequent round when at least one characteristic of each of the selections in the initial round matches one of the characteristics of the base card and the wager amount made by the player is equal to or greater than a designated wager amount;
• and
• (vi) provide a total award to the player associated with the determined award in each of the rounds when none of the characteristics of the unpicked selections match one of the characteristics of the base selection in one of the rounds or when there are no rounds remaining in the game.