Patent ID: 8460093

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising: causing a processor to operate with a display device and an input device to enable a player to select a quantity of paytables from a plurality of different paytables for use in a single play of a wagering game, said quantity of paytables being at least two; causing the processor to operate with the display device and the input device to, for each of the selected paytables, enable the player to place a wager associated with said selected paytable for the single play of the wagering game; and after receiving the wagers, causing the processor to operate with the display device to: (a) randomly generate a plurality of symbols from a set of different symbols for the single play of the wagering game; (b) display the generated symbols; (c) for each selected paytable, evaluate the generated symbols according to said paytable and the wager associated with said paytable, and determine any award associated with the generated symbols based on said paytable and said wager; and (d) cause any determined awards to be provided to the player.