Patent ID: 8727865

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a controller configured to operate with a plurality of gaming devices to enable each of a plurality of teams to participate in a play of an interactive game in a competitive mode and, for the play of the interactive game, to: (a) display the play of the interactive game; (b) determine a winning team of the play of the interactive game; (c) determine a losing team of the play of the interactive game; (d) cause the winning team to contribute a winning team portion toward a wager associated with the play of the interactive game, the winning team portion being greater than zero; (e) cause the losing team to contribute a losing team portion toward the wager associated with the play of the interactive game, the losing team portion being greater than zero, the losing team portion being less than the winning team portion; (f) randomly determine any award resulting from the play of the interactive game based in part on the wager; and (g) provide any determined award to the winning team.