Patent ID: 8460095

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one processor; at least one display device; at least one input device; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) enable a player to establish a credit balance including an initial quantity of credits; (b) initiate a gaming session for the player when the player establishes the player's credit balance; (c) before displaying any plays of any games for the gaming session, the games including a first game and a second different game that is more advantageous for the player than the first game, determine whether the initial quantity of credits of the player's credit balance is at least a first designated quantity of credits; (d) if the initial quantity of credits of the player's credit balance is not at least the first designated quantity of credits, for each wager placed by the player until the player's credit balance is less than a second designated quantity of credits: (i) reduce the player's credit balance by an amount of said wager, (ii) display a play of the first game, and (iii) increase the player's credit balance by any determined awards of credits for said play of the first game; and (e) if the initial quantity of credits of the player's credit balance is at least the first designated quantity of credits, for each wager placed by the player until the player's credit balance is less than the second designated quantity of credits, regardless of whether the player's credit balance falls below the first designated quantity of credits: (i) reduce the player's credit balance by an amount of said wager; (ii) display a play of the second different game; and (iii) increase the player's credit balance by any determined awards of credits for said play of the second different game.