Patent ID: 7338360

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device including a game operable upon a wager by a player, said method comprising: (a) displaying a graph including a first axis and a second axis, wherein a plurality of different potential payout values are associated with the first axis and an indication of time is associated with the second axis; (b) indicating a randomly determined one of the payout values on the graph; (c) enabling a player to accept the indicated payout value on the graph; (d) if the player does not accept the indicated payout value and the indicated payout value is not a last indicated payout value, repeating (b) and (c) until the player accepts the indicated payout value or the indicated payout value is the last indicated payout value; and (e) providing an outcome to the player, wherein the outcome is based on the indicated payout value accepted by the player or the last indicated payout value indicated on the graph.