Patent ID: 8177627

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one processor to operate with at least one input device and at least one display device to enable a player to pay a fee to replace a first paytable with a second different paytable for a quantity of plays of a game, said quantity including at least two plays of said game, said fee being in addition to credits placed on each said play of the game, said first paytable having a plurality of different outcomes and a first plurality of awards respectively associated with said outcomes, said second different paytable having a same plurality of different outcomes and a second plurality of awards respectively associated with said outcomes, wherein, for a same amount of credits placed on the play of the game, for at least one of said outcomes, the second paytable has a different award associated with said outcome than the first paytable; (b) causing the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device, if the player does not pay the fee, for each of said plays of the game in said quantity, to: (i) determine a game outcome for said play of the game, (ii) display the determined game outcome for said play of the game, and (iii) display any award associated with said determined game outcome based on the first paytable; and (c) causing the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device, if the player pays the fee, for each of said plays of the game in said quantity, to: (i) determine a game outcome for said play of the game, (ii) display the determined game outcome for said play of the game, and (iii) display any award associated with said determined game outcome based on the second different paytable.