Patent ID: 8721450

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) enable a player to initiate a play of a game, (b) for the initiated play of the game: (i) randomly generate a game outcome, (ii) display to the player the randomly generated game outcome, (iii) determine any award associated with the displayed game outcome, and (iv) display to the player any determined award, (c) enable the player to invite a quantity of other players to each initiate a play of at least one game, the quantity of other players being greater than zero, and (d) if the player invited the quantity of other players, provide the player a benefit, said player provided the benefit regardless of if any of the quantity of other players invited initiate any plays of any games and an amount of the benefit being based on the quantity of other players invited.