Patent ID: 7758416

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 storing 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) for a first round of game play: (i) enable a player to play a first game by placing a first wager amount on a first play of the first game, (ii) enable a player to play a second game by placing the first wager amount on a first play of the second game, (iii) simultaneously display the first play of the first game and the first play of the second game, (iv) for said displayed first play of the first game in the first round of game play, determine any award for said play based on said first wager amount, (v) for said displayed first play of the second game in the first round of game play, determine any award for said play based on the first wager amount, and (vi) display any determined awards; and (b) for a second round of game play: (i) enable the player to play the first game by placing a second wager amount on a second play of the first game, said second wager amount being different than said first wager amount, (ii) if the player wins a quantity of free plays of the second game in association with the first play of the second game in the first round of game play: (1) enable the player to play one of said free plays of the second game without requiring the player to place any wager amount for said free play of the second game, (2) simultaneously display said free play of the second game and the second play of the first game, (3) for said displayed second play of the first game in the second round of game play, determine any award for said play based on said second wager amount, and (4) for said displayed free play of the second game in the second round of game play, determine any award for said play based on the first wager amount placed in the first round of game play; and (iii) display any said determined awards.