Patent ID: 7785189

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a central controller programmed to: (a) generate a plurality of game outcomes, wherein at least two of said game outcomes are different and each generated game outcome is either a losing gaming outcome associated with a value of zero or one of a plurality of different winning game outcomes, each different winning game outcome associated with one of a plurality of different values greater than zero; and (b) output a plurality of signals, each signal representing the value associated with one of the plurality of generated game outcomes; a plurality of gaming devices remote from the central controller and configured to operate with the central controller, each gaming device including: (i) at least one display device, (ii) at least one input device, and (iii) at least one processor programmed to operate with said at least one display device and said at least one input device to: (a) receive said outputted signals representing the values associated with the plurality of generated game outcomes, (b) after an initiation of a play of a game including a designated quantity of at least two choices, enable a selection of at least one of said choices in the play of the game, and (c) provide one of the values associated with one of said generated game outcomes to a player, wherein said provided value is based on the at least one selected choice in the play of the game and said values associated with said generated game outcomes not provided to the player in the play of the game are stored to be subsequently provided for at least one subsequent play of at least one game including at least the designated quantity of choices.