Patent ID: 8342927

Claim:
A method for conducting a community wagering game on a gaming system with one or more gaming devices, the method comprising: receiving, via an input device, an indication of a first wager from a first player to play a first base game of a wagering game; determining, via a controller, a first community-event-prize modifier associated with the first player based upon play of the first base game; triggering and displaying, via a display device, a community gaming event comprising a competition; determining a finishing order of a plurality of participants in the competition, the plurality of participants including at least first and second participants; associating the first player with the first participant; determining a first community-event prize value for the first participant, the first community-event prize value being based upon the finishing order; and awarding the first player a first community-event award comprising the first community-event prize value as modified by the first community-event-prize modifier, the first community-event award being different from the first community-event prize value.