Patent ID: 8142272

Claim:
A method of facilitating play of a gaming device, said method comprising: independent of any determined results of any plays of any base games, receiving, at the gaming device, a monetary payment associated with a first number of electronic monetary credits; without adding the first number of electronic monetary credits to a designated monetary credit meter balance of the gaming device, initiating at least one play of a secondary game in response to receiving the monetary payment; for each of the at least one play of the secondary game, causing at least one processor to: (i) determine a result of said secondary game based on a random event, and (ii) display the determined result of the secondary game; determining a second number of electronic monetary credits based on any quantity of electronic monetary credits resulting from the at least one play of the secondary game; causing the designated monetary credit meter balance to display the second number of electronic monetary credits rather than the first number of electronic monetary credits, thereby establishing an initial monetary credit meter balance for wagering on at least one play of a base game of the gaming device using the second number of electronic monetary credits; and requiring at least one monetary credit of the initial monetary credit meter balance to be wagered on the at least one play of the base game of the gaming device.