Patent ID: 7722458

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: receiving, via a gaming device, a wager for initiating a game play of a game, wherein the game play comprises a predetermined number of rounds of the game and the wager is an amount sufficient to pre-pay for the predetermined number of rounds; in response to the wager, establishing, via the gaming device, an initial balance of winnings which can be won by a player for said game play, wherein the initial balance of winnings is greater than the amount of the wager; prior to displaying any outcome for any of said predetermined number of rounds, displaying the initial balance of winnings which can be won by the player for said game play; determining, via the gaming device, a predetermined number of outcomes, the predetermined number of outcomes comprising at least one respective outcome for each of the predetermined number of rounds; displaying the determined outcome for each of the predetermined number of rounds; adjusting, via the gaming device, the initial balance of winnings for said game play based on at least one of the determined outcomes, thereby determining a current balance of winnings, wherein at least one of the outcomes causes the current balance of winnings to be less than the initial balance of winnings; when a predetermined subset of the predetermined number of rounds is complete: (i) determining, via the gaming device, a final balance of winnings based on the current balance of winnings; and (ii) providing the determined final balance of winnings to the player.