Patent ID: 7862424

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising: causing the gaming device to display an indication of at least one flat rate price package, each flat rate price package defining at least one predetermined price parameter applicable during at least one flat rate play session, each flat rate play session including a plurality of plays of a wagering game, wherein each play of the wagering game is associated with (i) a wager amount and (ii) a non-zero probability of resulting in an award greater than zero; receiving a selection at the gaming device of one of the at least one flat rate price package, thereby determining a selected flat rate play session; after said selection of one of the at least one flat rate price package, receiving a payment at the gaming device corresponding to a session price associated with the selected flat rate play session, the session price being based on the at least one predetermined price parameter of the selected flat rate play session and being less than a cumulative total of the wager amounts associated with each of the plurality of plays of the wagering game of the selected flat rate play session; enabling play of the plurality of plays of the wagering game of the selected flat rate play session in exchange for receiving the session price without requiring a player to risk any further funds associated with the plurality of plays of the wagering game other than the session price; and causing the gaming device to provide any payout for the selected flat rate play session based on each of the plurality of plays of the wagering game which result in an award greater than zero.