Patent ID: 8272937

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) causing a controller to execute a plurality of instructions to maintain a pool of predetermined game outcomes, wherein each predetermined game outcome includes a value component; and (b) for each play of a primary wagering game at least one gaming device: (i) receiving a proposed value component from said at least one gaming device after a player makes a wager on the primary wagering game at said at least one gaming device, wherein said value component is for said primary wagering game, and (ii) if the pool of predetermined game outcomes includes an available predetermined game outcome based on said proposed value component, causing the controller to execute the plurality of instructions to: (A) authorize said available predetermined game outcome, (B) prevent said authorized game outcome from further authorization from said pool, and (C) output data representing said authorized predetermined game outcome to said at least one gaming device.