Patent ID: 8152624

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one processor; at least one display device configured to display a primary game having a paytable that includes a plurality of awards; at least one input device; 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 single wager to be made by a player on a play of the primary game; (b) automatically allocate a plurality of portions of said single wager to a plurality of plays of a background game and cause the plurality of plays of the background game without displaying the plays of the background game and without indicating to the player the plays of the background game; (c) for each said play of said background game, independently randomly determine a background game result from a plurality of different background game results, wherein each of the plurality of the background game results can be randomly determined for any number of the plays of the background game; (d) determine a primary game outcome for the play of the primary game that is associated with an award equal to a sum of the background game results based on the paytable; (e) display the determined primary game outcome; and (f) display said award.