Patent ID: 7874914

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: causing at least one gaming device to generate a plurality of different random outcomes of a wagering game, wherein: (a) each of the plurality of different random outcomes is associated with a wager amount and is generated prior to a player viewing any of the plurality of different random outcomes, and (b) the plurality of different random outcomes is generated in accordance with at least one player price parameter selected by the player for a gaming session defined by the plurality of different random outcomes, the at least one player price parameter including at least one game related variable other than a quantity of the plurality of different random outcomes to be generated, the at least one player price parameter defining, at least in part, a session price providable in exchange for the gaming session which is less than a sum of the wager amounts associated with all of the plurality of different random outcomes; and causing a second device different from the at least one gaming device to output each of the plurality of different random outcomes to the player upon receiving a value corresponding to the session price.