Patent ID: 8721435

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, for each play of a game said method comprising: (a) causing at least one display device to display a first non-monetary credit balance for a play of the game; (b) enabling a player to place a wager amount of the displayed first non-monetary credit balance; (c) causing at least one processor to generate an outcome for the play of the game; (d) causing the at least one processor to determine a proportional payout multiplier corresponding to the generated outcome, said proportional payout multiplier determined regardless of any outcome generated in association with any other play of any other game; (e) causing the at least one processor to determine a second non-monetary credit balance, the second non-monetary credit balance being a product of the placed wager amount and the determined proportional payout multiplier; and (f) causing the at least one display device to display the determined second non-monetary credit balance.