Patent ID: 7857696
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) enabling a player to place a wager on a play of a first game at a first gaming machine at a first location; (b) if a second game triggering event occurs in association with the play of the first game at the first gaming machine, enabling the player to play a second game at the first gaming machine, the play of the second game being associated with a plurality of subsequent plays of the first game; (c) enabling the player to end the play of the second game prior to a final award being provided to the player for the play of the second game; (d) at a first point in the play of the second game and prior to said final award being provided to the player, enabling the player to make a game state input at said first gaming machine, said first point corresponding to any point in the play of the second game ranging from any point subsequent to an initiation of the play of the second game to any point prior to said final award being provided to the player for the play of the second game; (e) in response to the player making the game state input: (f) thereafter, at a second, separate gaming machine: