Patent ID: 7901294

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: enabling a player to wager on a first play of a first game of a first gaming device; enabling the player to provide at least one non-wager input at the first gaming device to: (a) select a second, different gaming device, (b) cause the second gaming device to accept control from the first gaming device, said accepted control being based on said at least one non-wager input, and (c) control a first play of a second game of the second gaming device, said controlled first play of the second game of the second gaming device being in association with the at least one non-wager input provided at the first gaming device; providing any first award based on the first play of the first game; providing any second award based on the first play of the second game; determining any third award based on at least one element of the first play of the first game of the first gaming device and at least one element of the first play of the second game of the second, different gaming device; and providing any determined third award.