Patent ID: 8118666

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device including: at least one display device, at least one input device, at least one processor, and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device; and a controller programmed to operate with said gaming devices to: (a) generate a plurality of targets, (b) associate at least one of the plurality of generated targets with a first one of the gaming devices, (c) generate a plurality of collectors, (d) associate at least one of the plurality of generated collectors with a second one of the gaming devices, and (e) after associating at least one of the plurality of generated targets with the first one of the gaming devices, after associating at least one of the plurality of generated collectors with the second one of the gaming devices and upon an occurrence of a redemption event: (i) randomly couple at least one of the generated targets with at least one of the generated collectors, (ii) display said random coupling, and (iii) cause at least one award to be displayed and provided, wherein said at least one award is based on the random coupling of the at least one generated target and the at least one generated collector.