System and Method for Allowing Piggyback Wagering

Abstract

A method and apparatus that can be used by a casino to allow a first player of a first gaming machine to piggyback his or her bets on a second gaming machine played by a second player. The first gaming machine can copy a bonus round triggered by the second gaming machine exactly as displayed by the second gaming machine or the first gaming machine can display independent results from the second gaming machine.

1 . A method for implementing a wagering game, the method comprising:
 allowing a piggybacking player to select piggybacking betting options on a piggybacking machine;   receiving, by a piggybacking machine, a source game results generated by a source machine;   displaying the source game results on the piggybacking machine; and   generating an award amount on the piggybacking machine by applying the piggybacking betting options to the source game results.   
   
   
       2 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the piggybacking betting options comprise a bet amount. 
   
   
       3 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the piggybacking betting options comprise a selection of active paylines. 
   
   
       4 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 allowing a source player to select source betting options on the source machine;   receiving, by the source machine, a piggybacking game results generating by the piggybacking machine;   displaying the piggybacking game results on the source machine; and   generating an award amount on the source machine by applying the source betting options to the piggybacking game results.   
   
   
       5 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 identifying, by the piggybacking player on the piggybacking machine, a source player; and   locating, by a server, the source machine that is being played by the source player.   
   
   
       6 . The method as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the identifying is performed by the piggybacking player typing in a player's number associated with the source player. 
   
   
       7 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein a paytable used to generate the award amount on the piggybacking machine is different from a source paytable used to generate an award on the source machine. 
   
   
       8 . A method for implementing a wagering game, the method comprising:
 generating a first random outcome by a first machine and awarding a first award on the first machine based on the first random outcome;   generating a second random outcome by a second machine and awarding a second award on the second machine based on the second random outcome;   displaying the first random outcome on the second machine and awarding a third award on the second machine based on the first random outcome; and   displaying the second random outcome on the first machine and awarding a fourth award on the first machine based on the second random outcome.   
   
   
       9 . The method as recited in  claim 8 , further comprising:
 allowing a player of the first machine to set a wager amount applied to the second random outcome which affects the fourth award.   
   
   
       10 . The method as recited in claim  98 , further comprising:
 allowing a player of the second machine to set a wager amount applied to the first random outcome which affects the third award.   
   
   
       11 . A method for implementing a wagering game, the method comprising:
 receiving, by a piggybacking machine, a source game results generating by a source machine;   displaying the source game results on the piggybacking machine;   triggering a source bonus round on a source machine; and   triggering a piggybacking bonus round on a destination machine,   wherein the piggybacking bonus round is not identical to the source bonus round.   
   
   
       12 . The method as recited in  claim 11 , wherein the piggybacking bonus round is independent of the source bonus round. 
   
   
       13 . The method as recited in  claim 11 , wherein selections in the bonus round are made and displayed on the piggybacking machine and awards are copied from the piggybacking bonus round. 
   
   
       14 . The method as recited in  claim 13 , wherein the awards are copied in the piggybacking bonus round in a same sequence that the awards were generated in the source bonus round.