Patent ID: 9552692
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising: 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; establishing, by at least one processor, a credit balance based at least in part on the monetary value associated with the received physical item; randomly determining, by the at least one processor, and displaying, by at least one display device, an primary game outcome for a play of a primary game; determining, by the at least one processor, a credit award associated with the determined primary game outcome; determining, by the at least one processor, whether the credit award exceeds a designated amount; responsive to determining that the credit award exceeds the designated amount, dividing, by the at least one processor, the credit award into: (1) a first amount that is less than the designated amount; and (2) a second amount; increasing, by the at least one processor, the credit balance based on the first amount; determining, by the at least one processor and based on the second amount, one or more remainder awards, each remainder award being less than the designated amount; initiating, by the at least one processor, a secondary game in response to increasing the credit balance based on the first amount, wherein the one or more remainder awards are winnable via play of the secondary game; providing, by the at least one processor, plays of the secondary game until the player wins each remainder award, the credit balance increasable by each won remainder award; and initiating, by the at least one processor, a payout associated with the credit balance responsive to an actuation of a cashout button.