Gaming system and method for providing enhanced wagering opportunities

摘要

A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. In one embodiment, the gaming system provides players with one or more enhanced wagering opportunities. One enhanced wagering opportunity enables a player to continue playing one or more primary games at the maximum wager even if the player's continued play causes the gaming device's credit meter to fall below zero credits. In one such embodiment, after playing one or more maximum wager games which cause the credit meter to drop below zero, the player's player tracking account is utilized to cover any amount of credits the gaming device's credit meter is below zero.

主权项

1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
(a) receiving an identification of a player; (b) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to determine a player tracking level for the identified player, wherein different player tracking levels are associated with different negative credit meter thresholds; (c) if the player tracking level for the player is at least a designated player tracking level and if a determination occurs that a balance of a credit meter is greater than zero and less than a predetermined maximum wager amount for a play of a game:
(i) enabling the player to place a wager for the play of the game even if said placed wager causes the balance of the credit meter to become negative;(ii) causing at least one display device to display the play of the game; and(iii) if the balance of the credit meter has not reached the negative credit meter threshold of the player tracking level for the player, repeating (i) to (iii) at least once; and (d) if the player tracking level for the player is not at least the designated player tracking level or if the determination occurs that the balance of the credit meter is not greater than zero and less than the predetermined maximum wager amount for the play of the game, not enabling the balance of the credit meter to become negative.