Patent ID: 8540567

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the display device and the at least one input device to: (a) enable a player to wager on a plurality of overlapping game plays, wherein one of the overlapping game plays is enabled to accept at least one feature initiated from a remote host and at least one of the overlapping game plays is disabled from accepting any features initiated from any remote hosts; (b) determine if the remote host initiated a feature in association with the plurality of overlapping game plays; and (c) if the remote host initiated the feature in association with the plurality of overlapping game plays: (i) for each of the overlapping game plays enabled to accept the feature initiated from the remote host: (A) modify a parameter of the played game, the modification based on the remote host initiated feature, (B) generate an outcome, (C) display the generated outcome, (D) determine any awards associated with the generated outcome, and (E) display any determined awards, wherein at least one of the generated outcome, the display of the generated outcome, any determined award and the display of any determined award is based, at least in part, on the modified parameter of the played game, and (ii) for each of the at least one of the overlapping game plays disabled from accepting the feature initiated from the remote host: (A) not modify any parameters of the played game based on the remote host initiated feature, (B) generate an outcome, (C) display the generated outcome, (D) determine any awards associated with the generated outcome, and (E) display any determined awards.