Patent ID: 8602861
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a wagering game, the method comprising: performing the following operations on an electronic processing unit: accepting an initiation wager from a player to initiate a multi-state game, the multi-state game comprising a plurality of different states in time, the plurality of different states enabled to accept additional wagers from the player; initiating and displaying, but not completing, the multi-state game in response to the accepting the initiation wager from the player; offering the player an option to quickly progress the multi-state game to completion after the initiating and displaying; receiving an exercise of the option from the player to quickly progress the multi-state game to completion; displaying a fast version of the multi-state game to quickly progress the multi-state game to completion, which displays remaining states of the multi-state game without further accepting the additional wagers enabled to be placed in the remaining states in the multi-state game; determining payouts for the initiation wager and any of the additional wagers accepted from the player prior to receiving the exercise of the option; and awarding the player any earned payouts in accordance with the determining.