Patent ID: 8328614

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device for a play of a solitaire game using 52 cards to: (i) provide a plurality of card field piles; (ii) provide a card stock pile which includes a plurality of the 52 cards; (iii) display, in response to communications received from the at least one input device, each of the plurality of the 52 cards from the card stock pile being placed in: (a) one of the card field piles, (b) one of a plurality of payout zones, or (c) a discard pile; (iv) display, in response to communications received from the at least one input device in accordance with a set of predefined rules for the solitaire game, at least one card from the card field piles being placed in: (a) a different one of the card field piles, or (b) one of the plurality of payout zones; (v) end the play of the solitaire game after any of the plurality of the 52 cards remaining in the card stock pile can only be placed in the discard pile, wherein the displayed placement of the cards when the game ends defines one of a plurality of outcomes, the outcomes at least including: (a) a first outcome including a first number of the 52 cards placed in the payout zones, wherein a first award is associated with the first outcome, (b) a second outcome including a second different number of the 52 cards placed in the payout zones, wherein a second award is associated with the second outcome, wherein the ratio of the first award to the first number of the 52 cards placed in the payout zones is different than the ratio of the second award to the second number of the 52 cards placed in the payout zones, and (c) a third outcome including a third different number of the 52 cards placed in the payout zones, said third different number being different than said first number and different than said second number, wherein a third award is associated with the third outcome, wherein the ratio of the third award to the third number of the 52 cards placed in the payout zones is different than the ratio of the first award to the first number of the 52 cards placed in the payout zones and different than the ratio of the second award to the second number of the 52 cards placed in the payout zones, and wherein the plurality of outcomes are each associated with an award which in part defines a paytable, wherein the paytable has an average expected payback percentage less than 100%; and (vi) provide any award associated with the displayed outcome.