Patent ID: 8439736

Claim:
A gaming system, comprising: a memory with gaming software; and a processor configured with the gaming software to provide a user interface that enables extended play in an electronic game, the processor further configured with the gaming software to provide an opportunity for increased compensation that varies based on when the extended play is terminated by a player using a stop mechanism, the processor further configured to display on a gaming device display, a bonus payout indicator in the form of a substantially continuously incrementing non-numerical progressive graphic having an associated substantially continuously incrementing bonus payout award amount between a minimum and maximum payout award amount, the minimum and maximum payout award amounts displayed proximate the substantially continuously incrementing progressive graphic, the progressive graphic continuously incrementing until stopped by a player or the processor, the processor further configured to display one or more false game play ending indicators, wherein the one or more false game play ending indicators are configured to attempt to induce the player to initiate the stop mechanism.