Patent ID: 8485880

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; 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) receive a streak wager from a player for a play of a streak game associated with a plurality of consecutive plays of a card game, the streak game including a streak, said streak wager being in addition to any wagers placed on any of the plays of the card game; (b) for one of the plays of the card game: (i) determine and display an outcome of said one of the plays; (ii) if the determined outcome of said one of the plays satisfies a streak advancement condition: (A) advance the streak; (B) provide a first streak award value to the player based on the streak wager; and (C) continue said play of the streak game for a subsequent one of the plays of the card game; (iii) if the determined outcome of said one of the plays satisfies a streak termination condition, terminate said play of the streak game; and (iv) if the determined outcome of said one of the plays satisfies a streak suspension condition: (A) do not advance the streak; and (B) continue said play of the streak game for said subsequent one of the plays of the card game; and (c) if the determined outcome of said one of the plays satisfies the streak advancement condition, for said subsequent one of the plays of the card game: (i) determine and display an outcome of said subsequent one of the plays; and (ii) if the determined outcome of said subsequent one of the plays satisfies the streak advancement condition, provide a second streak award value to the player based on the streak wager.