Patent ID: 7862426

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: associating data with a prepaid casino card providable to a player, the data representing at least: (a) an expiring amount of value, and (b) a vacation promotion applicable during a plurality of designated units of time; for each designated unit of time of the vacation promotion, storing an indication that a designated portion of the amount of value expires for said designated unit of time; and at a first point in time: (a) enabling the player to provide data indicative of the prepaid casino card to at least one gaming device, (b) determining any non-expired portion of the amount of value represented by the data associated with the prepaid casino card based on the first point in time, (c) enabling the player to wager on at least one play of a game using any non-expired portion of the amount of value represented by the data associated with the prepaid casino card, and (d) causing the at least one gaming device to display at least one outcome of the at least one play of the game.