A method and apparatus for determining an award in a wagering gaming
device. A plurality of different values are displayed, at least one of
which is duplicated to create a set of values. The gaming device sorts
the values of the set into a number of masked divisions. The amount of
values in each division is less than the number of different values
available to the player before the player's selection of one of the
divisions. That selection therefore narrows the field of possible award
values. If the selected division includes only one value, the player
receives that value. If not, at least one of the values in the selected
division is duplicated and the above narrowing process is repeated until
a selected division has only one value, which is awarded to the player.