Gaming device including a game having a wild symbol related award

A gaming device comprising:

• a plurality of cards;
• a plurality of symbols including at least one wild symbol on the cards;
• and
• at least one winning combination of cards, wherein after a plurality of cards are randomly selected and displayed to a player, if one of the cards includes a wild symbol and there are no winning combinations of cards including the wild symbol, at least one of the cards other than the card with the wild symbol is replaced with a different card until a winning combination of cards occurs and an award is provided to the player when said winning combination of cards occurs.

A gaming device comprising:

• a plurality of cards;
• a plurality of symbols including at least one wild symbol on the cards;
• and
• at least one winning combination of cards, wherein after a plurality of cards are randomly selected and displayed to a player, if one of the cards includes a wild symbol and there are no winning combinations of cards including the wild symbol, at least one of the cards other than the card with the wild symbol is replaced with a different card for a designated number of rounds and an award is provided to a player for any winning combinations of cards that occur in said designated number of rounds when there are no rounds remaining.

A gaming device comprising:

• a plurality of cards;
• a plurality of symbols including at least one wild symbol on the cards;
• and
• at least one winning combination of cards, wherein after a plurality of cards are randomly selected and displayed to a player, if one of said plurality of cards includes:
• (i) a wild symbol, but said plurality of cards includes no winning combination of cards including the wild symbol, or
• (ii) a wild symbol, but said plurality of cards includes no winning combination of cards including the wild symbol that provides an award having an award amount equal to or greater than a designated award amount,
• then said card including the wild symbol is held and at least one of the cards other than the card with the wild symbol is replaced with a different card for a designated number of rounds and an award is provided to a player when a winning combination of cards occurs in one of the rounds.

A gaming device comprising:

• a plurality of cards;
• a plurality of symbols including at least one wild symbol on the cards;
• and
• at least one winning combination of cards, wherein after a plurality of cards are randomly selected and displayed to a player, if one of said plurality of cards includes:
• (i) a wild symbol, but said plurality of cards includes no winning combination of cards including the wild symbol, or
• (ii) a wild symbol, but said plurality of cards includes no winning combination of cards including the wild symbol that provides an award having an award amount equal to or greater than a designated award amount,
• then said card including the wild symbol is held and at least one of the cards other than the card with the wild symbol is replaced with a different card until a winning combination of cards occurs and an award is provided to the player when said winning combination of cards occurs.

A method of operating a gaming device comprising:

• (a) displaying a plurality of cards including a plurality of symbols, said symbols including at least one wild symbol;
• (b) holding one of the cards if:
• (i) the wild symbol appears on said card, and
• (ii) no winning combinations of cards are indicated;
• (c) replacing at least one of the other cards besides the held card for a designated number of rounds when it is determined that the card including the wild symbol is to be held;
• and
• (d) providing an award to a player when a winning combination of cards is indicated in one of the rounds.

A method of operating a gaming device comprising:

• (a) displaying a plurality of cards including a plurality of symbols, said symbols including at least one wild symbol;
• (b) holding one of the cards if:
• (i) the wild symbol appears on said card, and
• (ii) no winning combinations of cards are indicated;
• (c) when it is determined that the card including the wild symbol is to be held, replacing at least one of the other cards besides the held card until a winning combination of cards occurs;
• and
• (d) providing an award to a player when a winning combination of cards occurs.

A method of operating a gaming device comprising:

• (a) displaying a plurality of cards including a plurality of symbols, said symbols including at least one wild symbol;
• (b) holding one of the cards if:
• (i) the wild symbol appears on said card, and
• (ii) no winning combinations of cards are indicated;
• (c) when it is determined that the card including the wild symbol is to be held, replacing at least one of the other cards besides the held card with a different card for a designated number of rounds;
• and
• (d) providing an award to a player for any winning combinations of cards that occur in said designated number of rounds when there are no rounds remaining.

A method of operating a gaming device comprising:

• (a) displaying a plurality of cards including a plurality of symbols, said symbols including at least one wild symbol;
• (b) holding one of the cards if:
• (i) the wild symbol appears on said card but said plurality of cards includes no winning combination of cards including the wild symbol, or,
• (ii) the wild symbol appears on said card, but said plurality of cards includes no winning combination of cards including the wild symbol that provides an award having an award amount equal to or greater than a designated award amount,
• (c) when it is determined that the card including the wild symbol is to be held, replacing at least one of the other cards besides the held card with a different card for a designated number of rounds;
• and
• (d) providing an award to a player when a winning combination of cards occurs in one of the rounds.

A method of operating a gaming device comprising:

• (a) displaying a plurality of cards including a plurality of symbols, said symbols including at least one wild symbol;
• (b) holding one of the cards if:
• (i) the wild symbol appears on said card but said plurality of cards includes no winning combination of cards including the wild symbol, or,
• (ii) the wild symbol appears on said card, but said plurality of cards includes no winning combination of cards including the wild symbol that provides an award having an award amount equal to or greater than a designated award amount,
• (c) when it is determined that the card including the wild symbol is to be held, replacing at least one of the other cards besides the held card with a different card until a winning combination of cards occurs;
• and
• (d) providing an award to a player when a winning combination of cards occurs.