Patent ID: 7094152
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A game system, comprising: a game apparatus configured to provide a game and to credit and debit a token account associated with a first user responsive to gameplay of the first user in the game, wherein tokens are credited to the token account after payout events associated with the game, each payout event having an associated payout value of zero or more tokens and an odds of occurrence, wherein for each payout event, the payout value multiplied by the odds of occurrence produces a yield per token bet, wherein a total of the yields per token bet for all payout events is greater than one, and wherein said payout events having a non-zero yield per token bet have a combined odds of occurrence of less than 50 percent; and a token conversion module for converting tokens in the token account according to a token value determined based on a total number of tokens in a set of tokens.