1. A gaming device comprising: a display; a wager input device structured to identify and validate currency or currency based tickets; and a processor configured to: receive a signal from the wager input device indicating that a currency or a currency based ticket has been identified for wagering, initiate 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, mark 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, position a plurality of feature indicators between adjacent elements forming the grid, indicate elements that have a feature marking and are adjacent to a feature indicator, re-mark elements that are adjacent to the indicated elements when a feature indicator is positioned between the elements and the adjacent indicated elements, respectively, and determine an outcome based on one or more combinations of the markings.