Patent ID: 9514613
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming system comprising: a housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing and including an acceptor; at least one display device supported by the housing; at least one processor; and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the plurality of input devices and the at least one display device to: (a) establish a credit balance based at least in part on a monetary value associated with a physical item after the acceptor receives the physical item; (b) in response to receiving an input associated with one of a plurality of different wager amounts, place a wager on a play of a primary game, the wager having said one of the plurality of different wager amounts, the credit balance being decreasable by the wager amount of the placed wager; (c) for the play of the primary game, randomly generate and display a primary game outcome; (d) determine and display any primary game award associated with the primary game outcome, the credit balance increasable by any primary game award; (e) in response to an occurrence of a triggering event, initiate a play of a bonus game; (f) during the play of the bonus game: (g) initiate a payout associated with the credit balance after receipt of an actuation of a cashout button.