Patent ID: 7938723

Claim:
A gaming system providing multiple, distinct primary games for game play, the gaming system comprising: a memory device storing sets of instructions, each set for executing one two or more primary games; a central processing unit operatively coupled with the memory device configured to execute only one of the two or more primary games and prevent execution of another primary game in response to receiving a wager, wherein only a single primary game is executed per wager, and wherein the central processing unit is operatively coupled to a player input mechanism; a primary game selector operatively coupled with the central processing unit and configured to select only one of the primary games from the memory device, for execution by the central processing unit, in response to receiving the wager, wherein the primary game selector is activated in response to player activation and uses a random number generator that is weighted to statistically select a first primary game from the two or more primary games more often than a second primary game from the two or more primary games, and wherein the gaming system presents no options in which players may specifically select the first primary game or specifically select the second primary game; and a game display for presenting the selected primary game.