Gaming system and method providing a community selection game providing bonus game selection

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

• causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to cause a display, by a display device, of a plurality of bonus game identifiers, each of the bonus game identifiers identifying a bonus game;
• b) upon an occurrence of a triggering event, providing a player of one of a plurality of gaming devices with one or more player identifiers associated with the player and enabling the player to associate one or more of the player identifiers with one or more of the bonus game identifiers;
• and
• c) for each of the bonus game identifiers, when a designated period of time associated with said bonus game identifier expires:
• causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine which of the players placed a largest quantity of player identifiers in association with said bonus game identifier,
• providing the player who placed the largest quantity of player identifiers in association with said bonus game identifier with a premium outcome, and
• providing each other player who placed a player identifier in association with said bonus game identifier with a common outcome.