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1. A method of operating a gaming system including a processing circuit in communication with a plurality of gaming machines, said method comprising:
receiving, at the processing circuit, side bet parameters that control how a side bet is conducted, the side bet parameters comprising a specified in-game event; generating, by the processing circuit, the side bet using the side bet parameters; linking, by the processing circuit, the side bet to accounts of participants of the side bet; monitoring, by the processing circuit, gameplay in a plurality of instances of a game on the plurality of gaming machines by the participants of the side bet, one or more of the plurality of instances of the game 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 said gaming machine; (2) establishment of a credit balance for said participant based at least in part on the monetary value associated with the received physical item; and (3) placement of a wager on said instance of the game following an actuation of a wager button of said gaming machine, wherein the credit balance is decreasable by said wager, increasable based on any awards for said instance of the game, and decreasable via actuation of a cashout button of said gaming machine to initiate a payout; funding, by the processing circuit, a side bet award with a portion of any awards of the participants for the plurality of instances of the game; determining, by the processing circuit, a winner of the side bet from among the participants based on the in-game event occurring in an instance of the game played by the winner; and apportioning the side bet award to the winner of the side bet. |
