Patent ID: 8292723

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device including at least one input device; at least one display device associated with at least one of said gaming devices; and at least one processor programmed to operate with each of said gaming devices and said at least one display device to: (a) display a secondary team game, said secondary team game associated with a plurality of teams, each of said teams associated with an accumulated team rank; (b) enable a plurality of players to make wagers on plays of primary games; and (c) initiate a play of the secondary team game upon a triggering event, and for said play of the secondary team game: (i) enable each of the players to join one of a plurality of teams, (ii) enable at least one of the players to switch teams at a designated time after said play of the secondary team game begins and before said play of the secondary team game ends, (iii) for each of the teams, determine a team rank based on at least one team gaming activity parameter for said team, (iv) determine if any of the determined team ranks is a winning team rank, and (v) for each team with a winning team rank, provide at least one player on said team with an award associated with said winning team rank.