Patent ID: 8469797

Claim:
A method for enabling a portal game across a plurality of wagering game devices conducting a plurality of wagering games, at least some of the plurality of wagering games having different math models, the method comprising the acts of: using one or more processors operatively associated with the wagering game devices, conducting a first wagering game on a first wagering game device in accord with a first math model and conducting a second wagering game on a second wagering game device in accord with a second math model; and using a portal game controller, which may be the one or more processors operatively associated with the wagering game devices or a separate controller, operatively associated with both the portal game and the first and second wagering game devices, overlaying the portal game over each of the first wagering game and the second wagering game, the portal game comprising a third math model that is mathematically independent from the first math model and the second math model.