Patent ID: 9466174
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) receiving, by an acceptor, a physical item associated with a monetary value, the physical item being one of: (1) a ticket associated with the monetary value, and (2) currency; (b) establishing, by at least one processor, a credit balance for a player based at least in part on the monetary value associated with the received physical item; (c) for each of one or more plays of a wagering game: (1) receiving an actuation of a wager button; (2) placing a wager on said play of the wagering game responsive to the actuation of the wager button; and (3) displaying, by at least one display device, said play of the wagering game, the credit balance decreasable by each wager and increasable by any awards associated with the one or more plays, each wager having at least a minimum wager amount and at most a maximum wager amount; (d) displaying, by at least one display device, the player's credit balance after each play of the wagering game; (e) after each play of the wagering game and before a subsequent play of the wagering game: (f) receiving an actuation of a cashout button; and (g) initiating, by the at least one processor, a payout associated with the credit balance responsive to the actuation of the cashout button if the credit balance is nonzero.