Patent ID: 9076287
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a plurality of casino wagering games simultaneously on a gaming system that includes a gaming cabinet, one or more controllers, an electronic display device, an electronic input device, the electronic display device and the electronic input device being coupled to the gaming cabinet, the method comprising: displaying on the electronic display device a plurality of game areas each having a first size and beingdistinct and spaced apart from one another and each portraying in real time a casino wagering game as the casino wagering game is occurring in response to a wager being placed thereon via the electronic input device, each of the casino wagering games having an associated randomly determined outcome; and in response to a triggering event occuring during a first of the casino wagering games, the one or more controllers suspending game play on all of the casino wagering games such that no additional wagers can be placed thereon and displaying on the electronic display device a bonus game in a larger area than any of the game areas such that the larger area has a second size greater than the first size, wherein the larger area extends across at least three-quarters of the width of a viewable area of the electronic display device, wherein the game play on all of the casino wagering games portrayed in the game areas remains suspended, under control of the one or more controllers, pending completion of the bonus game displayed in the larger area, the method further comprising, responsive to the completion of the bonus game, the one or more controllers removing the bonus game from being displayed in the larger area and resuming display of and game play on all of the casino wagering games in their respective game areas.