Patent ID: 7846018

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores 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 pay a fee to replace a first paytable with a second different paytable for a plurality of plays of a game, each of said first and second paytables having an average expected payback; (b) if the player does not pay the fee: (i) enable the player to input a wager to cause a play of the game, wherein said game employs the first paytable, (ii) determine a game outcome for said play of the game, and (iii) provide to the player any awards associated with said determined game outcome based on the first paytable and the wager input by the player to cause said play of the game employing the first paytable; and (c) if the player pays the fee, for each of said plurality of plays of the game: (i) enable the player to input a wager to cause said play of the game, wherein said game employs the second different paytable, (ii) determine a game outcome for said play of the game, and (iii) provide to the player any awards associated with said determined game outcome based on the second different paytable and the wager input by the player to cause said play of the game employing the second different paytable, wherein said awards are not determined based on said fee.