Patent ID: 8118657

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device in which two or more players may simultaneously wager upon said gaming device such that: a. a first group of one or more players wager upon a sub-set of future outcomes generated by said gaming device during a specified number of rounds of said gaming device; b. a second group of one or more players operate said gaming device for some or all of the said specified rounds of said gaming device; and c. awards issue to the first and second group of players such that: i) for each player of the first group, a particular player of the first group receives an award for any occurrence of an outcome wagered upon by the particular player of the first group, irrespective of whether the particular player of the first group operates said gaming device during a round of said gaming device in which the outcome wagered upon by the particular player of the first group occurs; and ii) for each player of the second group, a particular player of the second group receives an award for outcomes generated by said gaming device that are wagered upon by the particular player of the second group.