| 摘要 |
Various embodiments of gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods of the present disclosure provide one or more alternative wagering propositions to a player when the player's credit balance is less than (or, in certain embodiments, less than or equal to) a designated wager amount. If the player accepts one of the alternative wager propositions, the player risks an amount of the player's remaining credit balance for a chance to win an alternative award. If the player wins the alternative award, the gaming system enables the player to play one or more plays of the wagering game at the designated wager amount. If the player does not win the alternative award, the gaming system reduces the player's credit balance by the amount risked. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
(a) establishing, by at least one processor, a credit balance for a player; (b) responsive to a wager input, placing, by the at least one processor, a wager on a play of a wagering game and causing, by the at least one processor, the credit balance to decrease based on the wager; (c) randomly determining, by the at least one processor, and displaying, by at least one display device, an outcome for the play of the wagering game; (d) determining, by the at least one processor, and displaying, by the at least one display device, any awards for the play of the wagering game; (e) causing, by the at least one processor, the credit balance to increase based on any determined awards; and (f) responsive to an alternative wager proposition condition being satisfied:
(1) responsive to determining that the credit balance is less than the designated wager amount, displaying, by the at least one display device, an alternative wager proposition that does not include any plays of the wagering game, wherein the alternative wager proposition, if accepted, requires at least part of the credit balance to be risked; and(2) responsive to receipt of an alternative wager proposition acceptance input:
(A) separate from any plays of the wagering game, randomly determining, by the at least one processor, whether to provide an alternative award,(B) responsive to randomly determining to provide the alternative award, providing the alternative award; and(C) responsive to randomly determining not to provide the alternative award, causing, by the at least one processor, the credit balance to decrease based on the risked at least part of the credit balance. |
