Patent ID: 9443390
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising: (a) receiving, over a network, a request to convert a first award earned by a player during a play of a first wager-based game into at least one award in a second wager-based game, wherein the first wager-based game is played at an electronic gaming machine including an acceptor, a cashout device, at least one display device, and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with a physical item received via the acceptor, display the play of the first wager-based game, and cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance if a cashout input is received via the cashout device; (b) converting, by at least one controller, the first award earned during play of the first wager-based game to at least one award associated with the second wager-based game based on award conversion data, said award conversion data being at least partially based on a paytable of at least one of the first wager-based game and the second wager-based game; and (c) storing, by the at least one controller, data associated with result of the conversion of the first award into the at least award of the second wager-based game in a data storage system.