Patent ID: 7448949

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a plurality of gaming machines, each gaming machine including at least one display device configured to display a game operable upon a wager; a shared display device associated with the gaming machines and including a plurality of sections and a plurality of outcomes, wherein each of the sections displays one of the outcomes and each section has a predetermined relationship with respect to each other section such that each outcome has a predetermined relationship with respect to each other outcome; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the gaming machines and the shared display device to: (a) after an occurrence of a triggering event at one of said gaming machines, display one of said outcomes in association with said gaming machine, said gaming machine being a triggering gaming machine and the other gaming machines being non-triggering gaming machines, wherein said displayed outcome is based, at least in part, on a location of said triggering gaming machine relative to the shared display device; (b) provide a portion of an award to a player of said triggering gaming machine based, at least in part, on said displayed outcome; and (c) provide another portion of said award to a player of one of the non-triggering gaming machines.