Patent ID: 8662988
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method including: (a) receiving a first wager at a player station, the first wager being received for a first game play; (b) initiating the first game play at the player station and displaying a result for that respective game play through a display system of the player station, the first game play being in a first play mode associated with a first prize structure that provides a first expected net value per play and includes a prize level that correlates to a second play mode prize, the second play mode prize specifying a number of game plays in a second play mode which is associated with a second prize structure, the second prize structure providing a second expected net value per play that is greater than the first expected net value per play; (c) when the result for the first game play correlates to the second play mode prize, switching the player station to operate in the second play mode so as to facilitate a respective game play in the second play mode at the player station for each of the number of plays specified by the second play mode prize; and (d) at the player station, receiving a second wager for a respective game play in the second play mode, and then initiating the respective game play in the second play mode at the player station and displaying a result for that respective game play through the display system of the player station.