A method is provided for providing payments at a gaming device, where the payments may occur at predictable times and are of predictable amounts. In one or more embodiments, a gaming device may provide a guaranteed payment every hour on the hour, so long as a player meets one or more criteria. Criteria...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8113946?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8113946 - Method and apparatus for providing a time based payment from a gaming device
