Variable-Speed Wagering Game Instrance Initiation

A gaming system configured to conduct a wagering game including multiple instances executing concurrently and being concurrently displayed to a player, each instance of the wagering game including a randomly selected instance outcome, the gaming machine comprising:

• one or more input devices;
• one or more display devices;
• 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, via at least one of the one or more input devices, a first input indicative of a wager that initiates a first instance of the wagering game;
• display, via at least one of the one or more display devices, a first changing array of symbols representing a plurality of possible first-instance outcomes, the first changing array being displayed at a primary position on the at least one of the one or more display devices;
• prior to a random selection of a first-instance outcome of the first instance and after a first delay period following the initiation of the first instance, receive, via at least one of the one or more input devices, a second input indicative of a second wager that initiates a second instance of the wagering game, wherein the first delay period is a length of time passing between receipt of the first input and the second input indicative of wagers;
• display, via at least one of the one or more display devices, a second changing array of symbols representing a plurality of possible second-instance outcomes, wherein the second changing array is displayed concurrently with the first changing array and wherein displaying the second changing array includes automatically moving the first changing array from the primary position to a secondary position on at least one of the one or more display devices and displaying the second changing array at the primary position.

A computer-implemented method of conducting a wagering game that includes multiple instances of the wagering game executing concurrently while being concurrently displayed to a player, each instance of the wagering game including a wagering game instance outcome that is randomly selected via at least one of one or more processors, the method comprising:

• receiving, via at least one of one or more input devices, a first input indicative of a wager that initiates a first instance of the wagering game;
• displaying, via at least one of one or more display devices, the first instance including a changing first array of symbols representing a plurality of possible first-instance outcomes, the first instance being displayed at a primary position on the at least one of the one or more display devices;
• prior to randomly selecting a first-instance outcome of the first instance and after a first delay period following the receipt of the first input, receiving, via at least one of the one or more input devices, a second input indicative of a wager that initiates a second instance of the wagering game;
• displaying, via at least one of the one or more display devices, the second instance including a changing second array of symbols representing a plurality of possible second-instance outcomes, wherein the display of the second instance begins while the first array is still changing and wherein the second instance is automatically displayed at the primary position and the first instance is moved to a secondary position on at least one of the one or more display devices;
• stopping, via at least one of the one or more processors and while the second array continues changing, the first array to display a first symbol combination representing the randomly selected first-instance outcome;
• stopping, via at least one of the one or more processors, the second array to display a second symbol combination representing the randomly selected second-instance outcome, and
• awarding the player based on the first symbol combination and the second symbol combination.