A gaming device which includes a variety of methods to allow the player to select patterns of wildcard symbols, from a plurality of wildcard symbol patterns, and use those patterns during subsequent games. One embodiment allows the player to select a pattern of wildcard symbols and use the selected pattern...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8043155?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8043155 - Gaming device having a plurality of wildcard symbol patterns