Patent ID: 8206210

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system comprising: establishing, using a computing device operable to facilitate wagering games and over an electronic network, a contract with a player for a session of two of more plays of a gaming device, the session being defined by at least one session parameter, the at least one session parameter including at least a contract price of the session, the contract price being less than a sum of wagers associated with the two or more plays comprising the session; and the two or more plays comprising two or more distinct and random outcomes generated by the gaming device; after establishing the contract, initiating, at the gaming device and using the computing device, the session; determining, using the computing device, a symbol that denotes the session, the symbol thereby denoting the at least one session parameter and not being a symbol that comprises one of the two or more distinct and random outcomes comprising the session, and the symbol uniquely identifying the session for the player associated therewith; determining, using at least one of the computing device and the gaming device, session information that is based on at least one play of the session; and causing the symbol and the session information to be displayed on a display of a remote computing device associated with the player.