Patent ID: 9589420
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, the gaming system including one or more controllers and a gaming machine, the gaming machine primarily used for playing a casino wagering game, the gaming machine including an electronic display device and one or more electronic input devices, the method comprising: detecting, via at least one of the one or more electronic input devices, a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance; initiating a first play of the casino wagering game in response to an input indicative of a first wager amount covered by the credit balance; in response to the initiating, deducting, via at least one of the one or more controllers, the first wager amount from the credit balance; determining, via at least one of the one or more controllers, an outcome of the first play of the casino wagering game; in response to the outcome of the first play being a winning outcome, adding a credit amount associated with the winning outcome to the credit balance; prior to a second play of the casino wagering game, determining, via at least one of the one or more controllers, that the credit balance is less than the first wager amount and, in response, providing an option to risk the credit balance, the result of the risk being either (i) initiating the second play of the casino wagering game at the first wager amount or (ii) reducing the credit balance to zero without initiating the second play of the casino wagering game; and receiving, via at least one of the one or more electronic input devices, a cash out input that initiates a payout from the credit balance if the credit balance is non-zero.