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1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
receiving, by at least one processor, side bet parameters that control how to conduct a side bet and that include a designated in-game event and a set of one or more designated awards; generating, by the at least one processor, the side bet using the side bet parameters; linking, by the at least one processor, the side bet to an account of each of a plurality of side bet participants; monitoring, by the at least one processor, play of a plurality of instances of one or more games on a plurality of gaming machines by the participants, one or more of the plurality of instances of the one or more games including a random determination and being conducted by one of the participants on one of the plurality of gaming machines following: (1) receipt of a physical item associated with a monetary value by an acceptor of that gaming machine; (2) establishment of a credit balance based at least in part on the monetary value associated with the received physical item; and (3) placement of a wager on that instance of the game responsive to an actuation of a wager button of that gaming machine, wherein the credit balance is decreasable by the wager, increasable based on any awards for that instance of the game, and decreasable via an actuation of a cashout button of that gaming machine to initiate a payout; funding, by the at least one processor, a side bet pool with a portion of any designated awards the participants win for the plurality of instances of the one or more games; sending, through a network, a side bet status update to a first mobile device of a first one of the participants; determining, by the at least one processor, a winning participant responsive to an occurrence of the designated in-game event; and providing at least part of the side bet pool to the winning participant. |
