Wagering game, gaming machine, networked gaming system and method with a simultaneous secondary game

摘要

A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed in which a gaming machine provides both a base game and a side game which may be played and wagered upon concurrently or according to some play sequence. The base game may be one type of game displayed on a portion of a primary display of the gaming machine and the side game may be a different type of game displayed on a remaining portion of the primary display.

主权项

1. A method of providing wagering games through a gaming machine, the method including:
(a) simultaneously displaying a base game graphic for a base game and a side game graphic for a side game, both the base game graphic and the side game graphic being displayed on a display system of the gaming machine, the base game graphic being displayed under control of a first processing device associated with the gaming machine and the side game graphic being displayed under control of the first processing device or a second processing device associated with the gaming machine; (b) for a play in the base game, modifying the base game graphic under control of the first processing device to display a base game outcome presentation correlated to a base game outcome for the base game; (c) over a common period of time with modifying the base game graphic, modifying the side game graphic under control of the first processing device or the second processing device to display a side game outcome presentation correlated to a side game outcome for the side game, the base game outcome being distinct from the side game outcome; (d) in response to a side game modification symbol appearing in the base game outcome presentation, applying a side game modification to one or more instances of the side game, or in response to a base game modification symbol appearing in the side game outcome presentation, applying a base game modification to one or more instances of the base game; and (e) displaying through the display system the award of any cash or credit prize correlated to the base game outcome presentation and the award of any cash or credit prize correlated to the side game outcome presentation.