Gaming system and method providing a multiplayer secondary game having an outcome determined based on play of a primary game of at least one, but not all, of the multiplayer secondary game players

A gaming system comprising:

• an input device;
• a display device;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• responsive to receipt, via the input device, of an input by a first player to play a first primary game:
• determine a first primary game outcome,
• cause the display device to display the determined first primary game outcome,
• determine an award associated with the determined first primary game outcome, and
• cause the display device to display the determined award associated with the determined first primary game outcome, and
• responsive to a triggering of a play of a multiplayer secondary game:
• determine a multiplayer secondary game outcome for a plurality of players, wherein the plurality of players includes the first player and a second player associated with a different device, the determined multiplayer secondary game outcome is based on a determined second primary game outcome of a play of a second primary game by the second player, and the determined multiplayer secondary game outcome is independent of the determined first primary game outcome,
• cause the display device to display the determined multiplayer secondary game outcome,
• determine an award associated with the determined multiplayer secondary game outcome, and
• cause the display device to display the determined award associated with the determined multiplayer secondary game outcome.

A gaming system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• responsive to a triggering of a play of a multiplayer secondary game:
• determine a multiplayer secondary game outcome for a plurality of players associated with a plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of players includes a first player and a second player, the determined multiplayer secondary game outcome is based on a determined first primary game outcome of a play of a first primary game by the first player, and the determined multiplayer secondary game outcome is independent of any primary game outcomes determined for any plays of any primary games by any of the second players,
• communicate data to each of the plurality of devices which results in each of the plurality of devices displaying the determined multiplayer secondary game outcome,
• determine an award associated with the determined multiplayer secondary game outcome, and
• communicate data to each of the plurality of devices which results in each of the plurality of devices displaying the determined award associated with the determined multiplayer secondary game outcome.