Gaming system having system wide tournament features

A computer-implemented method of conducting a wagering game tournament between a plurality of wagering games, a first wagering game of the plurality having different credit award probabilities associated with winning outcomes than a second wagering game of the plurality, the method comprising:

• tracking, via at least one of one or more processors, a winning outcome achieved by a first player of the first wagering game and a winning outcome achieved by a second player of the second wagering game;
• awarding to first player, via at least one of the one or more processors, one or more tournament points corresponding to the respective probability of the winning outcome achieved by the first player;
• and
• awarding to the second player, via at least one of the one or more processors, one or more tournament points in inverse proportion to the respective probability of the winning outcome achieved by the first player.

A gaming system configured to conduct a wagering game tournament including different wagering games conducted on a plurality of gaming machines, the gaming system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the gaming system to:
• receive, into at least one of the one or more memory devices, a schedule of tournament point awards, wherein each tournament point award corresponds to a probability range of a plurality of probability ranges;
• receive, into at least one of the one or more memory devices, a cumulative distribution, by a probability of occurrence, of credit awards in a first wagering game;
• receive, into at least one of the one or more memory devices, a cumulative distribution, by a probability of occurrence, of credit awards in a second, different wagering game;
• in response to a first player achieving a first credit award resulting from an outcome of the first wagering game, award a tournament point award of the schedule of tournament point awards to the first player based on the first credit award and the corresponding probability of occurrence of the first credit award;
• and
• in response to a second player achieving a second credit award resulting from an outcome of the second wagering game, award a tournament point award to the second player based on the second credit award and the corresponding probability of occurrence of the second credit award.