Patent ID: 8678914

Claim:
A gaming system including at least one electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) connected to a network on which a player is engaged in play of a base game and a secondary networked application game concurrently, comprising: a wager acceptor for receiving wagers from the player wherein the wager acceptor receives a base game wagers and a secondary networked application game wager that is of nominal value; a base game random number generator (“RNG”) for generating random numbers that determine the outcome of a base game and that correspond to a predefined set of game outcomes including winning and losing outcomes; an EGM display for displaying game operation for the base game including game outcomes to a player based on the results of the base RNG; a game controller for controlling game play functions on the EGM including providing awards to players for winning outcomes; a base game played on the EGM wherein a player wagers an amount on the base game that funds both a winning outcome on the base game and a winning outcome on the secondary networked application game; a network controller in communication with the EGM for conducting the secondary networked application game; a network random number generator (“RNG”) associated with the network controller for generating random numbers that determine the outcome of the secondary networked application game and that correspond to a predefined set of game outcomes including winning and losing outcomes, wherein the outcome of the secondary networked application game is determined independently of the outcome of the base game; a secondary display window on the EGM for displaying game operations for the secondary networked application game including game outcomes to a player based on the results of the network RNG; wherein the player is prompted during a session of play of the base game with an offer to play a secondary networked application game that occurs between a start time when an initial base game wager is placed and an end time when the player cashes out or has no credits left to play, and further wherein, acceptance by the player of the offer to play a secondary networked application game includes placing the secondary networked application game wager and initiatinges play of the secondary networked application game on the secondary display, and further wherein the offer to play the secondary networked application game is not dependent on a result of a particular game play outcome of the base game; and wherein a player is awarded for a winning outcome of the secondary networked application game.