1. A method of operating a gaming device including a display, a wager input device structured to identify and validate currency or currency based tickets, and a processor, the method comprising: receiving a signal from the wager input device indicating that a currency or a currency based ticket has been identified for wagering; initiating a game on the display showing a grid formed by a plurality of elements, the game initiated with a wager based at least in part on the identified currency or the currency based ticket from the received signal; marking each of the plurality of elements with one of a plurality of markings, where at least one of the plurality of markings is a feature marking; positioning a plurality of feature indicators between adjacent elements forming the grid; indicating elements that have a feature marking and are adjacent to a feature indicator; re-marking elements that are adjacent to the indicated elements when a feature indicator is positioned between the elements and the adjacent indicated elements, respectively; and determining an outcome based on one or more combinations of the markings.