Gaming device for a flat rate blackjack game play session and a method of operating same

A gaming system comprising:

• at least one display device;
• at least one input device;
• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to:
• (a) establish a blackjack session contract with a player, said blackjack session contract including at least two distinct plays of a blackjack game and said blackjack session contract being associated with a price;
• (b) before any generation any blackjack game outcomes of the blackjack session contract, determine that the player paid the price associated with the blackjack session contract;
• and
• (c) after determining that the player paid the price associated with the blackjack session contract and independent of any amount of any credit balance, enable the player to play each of said at least two plays of the blackjack game, each of the plays of the blackjack game associated with a generated and displayed blackjack game outcome and each of the plays of the blackjack game associated with at least one wager placed by the player, such that a total wager placed by the player in association with the at least two plays of the blackjack game at least equals the player paid price associated with the blackjack session contract.

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

• causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to operate with at least one display device and at least one input device to:
• (a) receive a payment for a plurality of distinct plays of a blackjack wagering game of a flat rate play session, the payment being received prior to any play of any of the plurality of distinct plays of the blackjack wagering game;
• (b) independent of any amount of any credit balance, enable a player to place at least one wager on each of the plurality of distinct plays of the blackjack wagering game, such that a sum of the wagers placed on each of the plays of the blackjack wagering game at least equals the payment received for the plurality of distinct plays of the blackjack wagering game;
• and
• (c) for each of the plurality of distinct plays of the blackjack wagering game:
• (i) generate a blackjack game outcome,
• (ii) display the generated blackjack game outcome,
• (iii) determine any award associated with the generated blackjack game outcome, and
• (iv) display any determined award.

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

• causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to operate with at least one display device and at least one input device to:
• (a) establish a blackjack session contract with a player, said blackjack session contract including at least two distinct plays of a blackjack game and said blackjack session contract being associated with a price;
• (b) before any generation any blackjack game outcomes associated with the blackjack session contract, determine that the player paid the price associated with the blackjack session contract;
• and
• (c) after determining that the player paid the price associated with the blackjack session contract and independent of any amount of any credit balance, enable the player to play each of said at least two plays of the blackjack game, each of the plays of the blackjack game associated with a generated and displayed blackjack game outcome and each of the plays of the blackjack game associated with at least one wager placed by the player, such that a total wager placed by the player in association with the at least two plays of the blackjack game at least equals the player paid price associated with the blackjack session contract.