Patent ID: 8096873

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: causing at least one display device of a gaming device to display a first payout schedule, the first payout schedule defining a plurality of winning outcomes and a first set of payouts, each respective payout of the first set of payouts having a value greater than zero and corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of winning outcomes; causing at least one memory device to store a second payout schedule, the second payout schedule defining the plurality of winning outcomes and a second set of payouts, each respective payout of the second set of payouts having a value greater than zero and corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of winning outcomes, at least one of the winning outcomes corresponding to one of the payouts of the second set that is greater than one of the payouts of the first set; causing at least one processor of the gaming device to execute a plurality of instructions to generate an outcome; causing the at least one processor of the gaming device to execute the plurality of instructions to determine if the generated outcome corresponds to one of the payouts of the first set of payouts; and if the generated outcome corresponds to one of the payouts of the first set of payouts: (i) providing to a player the payout of the first set of payouts that corresponds to the generated outcome, and (ii) adding an amount to a balance of an account associated with the player, wherein the amount added to the balance is the payout of the first set of payouts that corresponds to the generated outcome less the payout of the second set of payouts that corresponds to the generated outcome.