Patent ID: 7905774

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: an input device; a processor; a display device; and a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the display device and the input device to: (a) display a credit meter balance of zero; (b) receive an amount of credit of a plurality of different credit amounts from a player; (c) update the displayed credit meter balance based on the received amount of credit; (d) in response to a request to initiate a play of a game: (i) deduct a wager amount from the credit meter balance, the deducted wager amount being the entirety of the amount of credit displayed in the credit meter balance, wherein a wager amount that is different from the entirety of the amount of credit displayed in the credit meter balance is an unacceptable wager amount; (ii) in response to deducting the wager amount from the credit meter balance, initiate the play of the game; and (iii) determine an outcome for the initiated play of the game; (e) if the determined outcome is associated with an award of zero, do not add any credit to the credit meter balance; and (f) if the determined outcome is associated with an award greater than zero, update the amount of credit displayed in the credit meter balance based on said award and enable the player to request to initiate another play of the game, wherein: (i) if the player does not request to initiate another play of the game and elects to cash-out of the gaming device, cause the amount of credit displayed in the credit meter balance to be provided to the player; and (ii) if the player requests to initiate another play of the game and does not elect to cash-out of the gaming device, repeat (d) to (f).