Patent ID: 7780517

Claim:
A gaming device, said gaming device comprising: a display device; an input device, the input device including a cashout selector; a processor; and a memory device storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the display device and the input device to: (i) enable a player to deposit money on the gaming device; (ii) add the amount of money to a credit meter; (iii) after each placement of a wager of an amount of money on a play of a wagering game by the player: (a) deduct the wager from the credit meter, (b) display the play of the wagering game, and (c) add any amounts resulting from any winning outcomes from the play of the wagering game to the credit meter, such that after said play of the wagering game and before a subsequent play of the wagering game, the credit meter has a current total at that point in time; (iv) if the player selects the cashout selector at a first point in time, the first point in time being after one of the plays of the wagering game, before a subsequent play of the wagering game and when the current total is greater than zero: (a) display a cashout menu, the cashout menu simultaneously displaying at least two different cashout options, the at least two different cashout options including: (i) a first cashout option including a payout to the player of a first amount of the current total of the credit meter at the first point in time and in a first payout form, and (ii) a second cashout option including a transfer of a second amount of the current total of the credit meter at the first point in time and to a casino account, the casino account being stored at a location remote from the gaming device, and wherein the first payout form is different than the casino account and the first and second amounts are both deducted from the current total of the credit meter at the first point in time, (b) simultaneously enable the player to select the first amount and the second amount, and (c) enable the player to execute the first cashout option and the second cashout option; (v) after the player executes the first cashout option, if the first amount is greater than zero, provide the player the first amount in the first payout form; and (vi) after the player executes the second cashout option, if the second amount is greater than zero, transfer the second amount to the casino account stored at the location remote from the gaming device.