Patent ID: 8246472

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a plurality of gaming machines, each gaming machine including: (i) a cabinet; (ii) a primary display device supported by the cabinet, said primary display device configured to display a primary game operable upon a wager; (iii) at least one input device supported by the cabinet, said at least one input device configured to enable the wager to be made on the primary game; and (iv) at least one processor configured to control the primary game; and a processor; a display device; and a memory device storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the display device, for a play of a secondary game after an occurrence of a triggering event, to: (a) cause the display device to display a video wheel having a plurality of sections, each of the sections being associated with and displaying one of a plurality of different awards, and each of the sections having a predetermined relationship with respect to each of the other sections such that each of the displayed awards has a predetermined relationship with respect to each of the other displayed awards, (b) cause the display device to display a plurality of pointers, each of the pointers associated with a different one of the gaming machines, and each of the gaming machines having an associated pointer, (c) cause the display device to display the video wheel spinning, and (d) cause the display device to display the video wheel stopped such that each of the pointers points to a different one of the sections of the video wheel, and each of the pointers indicates one of the displayed awards for the gaming machine associated with said pointer to provide to a player of said gaming machine.