Patent ID: 7341518

Claim:
A method, comprising: assigning to a first monetary ticket both a first ticket value and a predetermined modified paytable receiving the first monetary ticket in a first gaming machine and crediting the first ticket value into the first gaming machine to create credited funds; allowing a player to play a gambling game on the first gaming machine using the predetermined modified paytable using the credited funds, the predetermined modified paytable being different from a default paytable on the first gaming machine; receiving a ticket out request on the first gaming machine; issuing a second monetary ticket to the player and assigning both a second ticket value and the predetermined modified paytable to the second monetary ticket, the second ticket value reflecting an amount of credits on the first gaming machine when the ticket out request was received, receiving the second monetary ticket in a second gaming machine and crediting the second ticket value into the second gaming machine to create second credited funds; and allowing the player to play on the second gaming machine using the predetermined modified paytable using the second credited funds, the predetermined modified paytable being different from a default paytable on the second gaming machine, wherein the predetermined modified paytable becomes unavailable to the player on the first gaming machine when the player loses all funds from the first monetary ticket on the first gaming machine, wherein the predetermined modified paytable becomes unavailable to the player on the second gaming machine when the player loses all funds from the second monetary ticket on the second gaming machine.