Patent ID: 8435120

Claim:
A gaming system, comprising: an input device configured to receive an indication of a wager; a plurality of electronic gaming devices, each of the electronic gaming devices having at least one display and each displaying on the corresponding at least one display a primary wagering game; and a main controller in communication with each of the electronic gaming devices, the main controller being operative to, in response to a triggering of a bonus event in which the gaming devices participate: randomly determine a respective bonus award for each of the gaming devices or receive from each of the gaming devices the respective randomly determined bonus award, each of the randomly determined bonus awards being awarded at a respective one of the gaming devices, store in a memory device a complete set of the randomly determined bonus awards, and communicate to a first of the gaming devices a set of possible bonus awards, the set of possible bonus awards including the respective randomly determined bonus award being awarded at the first gaming device and a plurality of decoy bonus awards corresponding to some or all of the randomly determined bonus awards being awarded at the other gaming devices that will not be awarded at the first gaming device, causing the first gaming device to display on the at least one display of the first gaming device (a) the set of possible bonus awards, (b) an indication that the decoy bonus awards will not be awarded at the first gaming device during the bonus event, and (c) an indication that the respective randomly determined bonus award associated with the first gaming device is the randomly determined bonus award to be awarded to a player of the first gaming device.