Patent ID: 7914374

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving an indication of a price a particular player is willing to pay for flat rate play of a gaming device, wherein flat rate play comprises a player providing a pre-payment of the price in exchange for an interval of play of a wagering game that includes a plurality of discrete intervals that otherwise are separately priced and wherein the price for the flat rate play is less than the player would otherwise pay for the discrete intervals if the player were not providing the prepayment for flat rate play; determining, by a computing device operable to facilitate a wagering game, a desired profit of the flat rate play of the gaming device; calculating, by the computing device, in response to the price the particular player is willing to pay and based at least upon the price and the desired profit, a target cost to an operator of the gaming device for the flat rate play of the gaming device; determining, by the computing device for the particular player a particular flat rate play session with an expected cost substantially equal to the target cost, wherein the flat rate play session is defined by one or more parameters, wherein at least one of the parameters comprises a number of the discrete intervals comprising the flat rate play session, the number being greater than one; and initializing play of the flat rate play session in accordance with the one or more parameters.