Patent ID: 8721431
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for enhancing gaming at a gaming machine configured to provide instances of gameplay of a primary game and selectively provide instances of gameplay of a secondary game, comprising: for each of a plurality of times, determining whether to provide a secondary game buy-in option based on a comparison of a current number of available credits to a secondary game threshold, by at least one processor; based on the comparison of the current number of available credits to the secondary game threshold, providing the secondary game buy-in option for a first respective instance of the secondary game; selectively providing, by the at least one processor, the first respective instance of the secondary game based at least on player-input indicative of acceptance of the secondary game buy-in option; debiting, by the at least one processor, a respective first number of credits from the current number of available credits based at least on the player-input indicative of acceptance of the secondary game buy-in option, wherein the secondary game threshold is not the same as the respective first number of credits; selectively providing, by the at least one processor, a respective instance of the primary game based at least on the current number of available credits; debiting, by the at least one processor, a respective second number of credits from the current number of available credits based at least on the selectively providing the respective instance of the primary game; for each of a number of times that the secondary game buy-in option is not provided based on the comparison of the current number of available credits to the second game threshold, determining whether to provide the secondary game buy-in option responsive to at least one outcome of the primary game, by the at least one processor; and from time-to-time, providing, by the at least one processor, the secondary game buy-in option to a second respective instance of the secondary game based at least on at least one respective outcome of at least one instance of the primary game.