Patent ID: 7727061

Claim:
A gaming device operated under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a game operable upon a wager; a memory device that stores a plurality of different paytables for the game, each of the paytables including a plurality of awards and a plurality of respective outcomes associated with those awards, each said paytable having an average expected value associated with the plurality of awards and plurality of respective outcomes of said paytable, wherein a plurality of the average expected values are different; and at least one display device, wherein the processor is programmed to operate with the at least one display device and the memory device, to: (a) enable a first wager to be placed to initiate a play of the game; (b) if said first wager is placed, display said play of the game using a first one of the paytables; (c) determine whether a condition is met in said play of the game; (d) if said condition is not met, repeat (a) to (c) at least once; and (e) if said condition is met: (i) enable another wager equal to said first wager to be placed to initiate a further play of the game; and (ii) if said other wager is placed: (A) display said further play of the game using a different one of the paytables, wherein said different paytable includes at least one outcome which the previously used paytable also includes, said at least one outcome associated with a different award in said different paytable than in the previously used paytable; and (B) repeat (c) to (e) at least once.