Patent ID: 8070578

Claim:
A gaming device configured to operate under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) enable a player to initiate either a play of a first game or a play of a second game; (b) after the play of the first game or the play of the second game is initiated: (i) send a game outcome request to a central controller, said central controller being remote from the gaming device, and (ii) receive one of a plurality of different game outcomes from the central controller; (c) if the player initiated the play of the first game: (i) determine a first plurality of different game outcome presentations associated with the first game, said determination based, at least in part, on the received game outcome, (ii) after the determination of the first plurality of different game outcome presentations associated with the first game, randomly select one of the determined first plurality of different game outcome presentations associated with the first game, wherein regardless of which of the determined first plurality of different game outcome presentations associated with the first game is randomly selected, the received game outcome will be provided to the player, and (iii) display the selected game outcome presentation associated with the first game; (d) if the player initiated the play of the second game: (i) determine a second plurality of different game outcome presentations associated with the second game, said determination based, at least in part, on the received game outcome, (ii) after the determination of the second plurality of different game outcome presentations associated with the second game, randomly select one of the determined second plurality of different game outcome presentations associated with the second game, wherein regardless of which of the determined second plurality of different game outcome presentations associated with the second game is randomly selected, the received game outcome will be provided to the player, and (iii) display the selected game outcome presentation associated with the second game; and (e) provide the received game outcome to the player.