Patent ID: 8672739

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a controller configured to operate with a plurality of gaming devices to: (a) enable each of a plurality of players to play an interactive game in a non-competitive mode; and (b) enable each of the players to play the interactive game in a competitive mode; (c) if a designated number of at least two of the players are playing the interactive game in the competitive mode, for a competitive event that includes a competition between at least two of the players: (i) determine a winning player of the competitive event; (ii) determine a losing player of the competitive event; (iii) cause the winning player to have a greater quantity of sections of a wheel than the losing player; (iv) display an indication of the winning player sections of the wheel and the losing player sections of the wheel; (v) randomly select one of the sections of the wheel; (vi) if the selected section of the wheel is one of the winning player sections of the wheel, provide any determined award to the winning player; and (vii) if the selected section of the wheel is one of the losing player sections of the wheel, provide any determined award to the losing player.