Patent ID: 8292719

Claim:
A method for conducting a community wagering game on a plurality of gaming terminals, comprising: in response to receiving wagers, via respective input devices, conducting base wagering games on the plurality of gaming terminals, each of the gaming terminals portraying an associated base wagering game on a video display; triggering, by one or more processors, a community event in which at least one randomly selected outcome is shared by all participating gaming terminals, the participating gaming terminals being selected from qualified ones of the plurality of gaming terminals and including a first gaming terminal and a second gaming terminal; if wagering criteria is met by the first gaming terminal upon triggering the community event, entering, by at least one of the one or more processors, the first gaming terminal in the community event; if additional wagering criteria is met by the first gaming terminal upon triggering the community event, receiving, by at least one of the one or more processors, upon triggering the community event a first enhancement at the first gaming terminal in accordance with the additional wagering criteria of the first gaming terminal; if wagering criteria is met by the second gaming terminal upon triggering the community event, entering, by at least one of the one or more processors, the second gaming terminal in the community event; and if additional wagering criteria is met by the second gaming terminal upon triggering the community event, receiving, by at least one of the one or more processors, upon triggering the community event a second enhancement at the second gaming terminal in accordance with the additional wagering criteria of the second gaming terminal.