Patent ID: 7988551

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a gaming device comprising: (i) a user interface configured to facilitate play of a game; and (ii) a first communication interface configured to provide information relating to the plays of the game to a remote location; and a server comprising: (i) a second communication interface configured to communicate with the first communication interface; and (ii) a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause said processor to: (a) for each play of the game which occurs during a contract period associated with a contract previously entered into by a player: (i) store data associated with the play of the game; (ii) determine if the play of the game is compliant with the contract based on the data; and (iii) if the play of the game is compliant with the contract, store a compliant status for said play of the game; and (b) when the contract period is complete: (i) determine a benefit to be provided to the player, said benefit having a value which is determined based on an amount of money lost by the player in any determined compliant plays of the game which occur during the contract period, wherein: (A) a number of compliant plays of the game which occur during the contract period can be greater than one; and (B) if at least one play of the game during the contract period was not compliant with the contract, said benefit to be provided is determined independent of any amount of money lost by the player in said at least one play of the game which was not compliant with the contract; and (ii) cause said determined benefit to be provided to the player.