Patent ID: 7169041
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming method comprising: receiving a wager from a player to play a primary game; displaying an image associated with the primary game; determining an outcome of the primary game; determining if one qualifying activity associated with the primary game has occurred; associating at least one entry for a shared bonus event with a gaming entity if the one qualifying activity associated with the primary game has occurred; receiving a first input from the player to place the at least one entry with one of a set of entries for a first shared bonus event or a set of entries for a second shared bonus event; receiving a second input from the player to initiate a selection of one of the entries from the set of entries for the first shared bonus event if the player placed the at least one entry with the set of entries for the first shared bonus event or to initiate a selection of one of the set of entries for the second shared bonus event if the player placed the at least one entry with the set of entries for the second shared bonus event; selecting one of the entries from the set of entries for the first shared bonus event; determining a winner of the first shared bonus event according to the one of the entries selected; if a the second input was received from the player to initiate the selection of one of the entries from the set of entries for the first shared bonus event, then awarding a payout to the player if the player is the winner or then canceling all entries associated with just the player from the set of entries for the first shared bonus event if the player is not the winner and, at a later time, selecting another one of the entries from the set of entries for the first shared bonus event, less all entries associated with just the player; selecting one of the entries from the set of entries for the second shared bonus event; determining a winner of the second shared bonus event according to the one of the entries selected, and if a the second input was received from the player to initiate the selection of one of the entries from the set of entries for the second shared bonus event, then awarding a payout to the player if the player is the winner or then canceling all entries associated with just the player from the set of entries for the second shared bonus event if the player is not the winner and, at a later time, selecting another one of the entries from the set of entries for the second shared bonus event, less all entries associated with just the player.