Patent ID: 8292731

Claim:
A method of conducting a community game in which a plurality of players compete to accrue awards via play of the community game, comprising: conducting wagering games at respective ones of a plurality of linked gaming terminals networked together via a network, the community game including at least one round of play during which a winner of the round is identified; in response to an occurrence of a triggering event, using a controller to conduct the community game and cause the community game to be displayed on a display, wherein each of a plurality of eligible players of the community game which satisfy an eligibility criterion to participate in the community game compete to accrue awards via play of one or more rounds of the community game; during a round of the community game, at least some of the eligible players of the community game accruing respective awards; at the end of the round, responsive to at least a winning one of the eligible players accruing the highest award among the respective awards accrued by the other players, awarding, to the winning eligible player, the highest award and at least the respective awards accrued by the other eligible players; and awarding to each of the non-winning eligible players the respective awards accrued by that non-winning eligible player during the round.