Patent ID: 8235784

Claim:
A method for presenting a game having a bonus feature, the method comprising: initiating the game on at least one of a plurality of gaming machines associated with one another and arranged in a circular bank; determining whether a triggering event has occurred on any of the plurality of gaming machines; determining which of the plurality of gaming machines are being activated by players; initiating the bonus feature on the plurality of gaming machines in response to the triggering event, wherein at least one of the plurality of gaming machines is not being activated by one of the players; activating indicators associated with each gaming machine, including the at least one gaming machine that is not being activated by one of the players, in a sequential order around the circular bank for an amount of time; stopping the progression of activating the indicators in the sequential order so that only one gaming machine's indicator remains activated to designate a winning gaming machine of the bonus feature; and awarding a bonus to the winning gaming machine, wherein the at least one gaming machine that is not being activated by one of the players is eligible to be the winning gaming machine, wherein the bonus is claimed by any of the players to reach the winning gaming machine first when the at least one gaming machine that is not being activated by one of the players is the winning gaming machine.