Gaming System And Method

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by one or more computer processors, a request from at least one player to play a game at a terminal;
• facilitating, by the one or more computer processors, play of the game at the terminal based at least in part on receiving the request;
• establishing, by the one or more computer processors, a bonus time period for the at least one player based at least in part on receiving the request from the at least one player;
• initiating, by the one or more computer processors, play of a second game at a particular point in time;
• determining, by the one or more computer processors, if the bonus time period runs coincident with the particular point in time;
• determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether play of the second game results in a non-zero prize;
• and
• in response to determining play of the second game results in a non-zero prize and the bonus time period runs coincident with the particular point in time, awarding, by the one or more computer processors, at least a portion of the non-zero prize to the at least one player, wherein once the second game is initiated to play, a server conducts all play of the second game without input from the at least one player until play of the second game is terminated.

A computer-implemented method of playing a sweepstakes game, the method comprising:

• receiving, by one or more computer processors from a plurality of players, a plurality of requests to play at least one sweepstakes game;
• at least partially in response to receiving the plurality of requests to play the at least one sweepstakes game, facilitating, by the one or more computer processors, play of the at least one sweepstakes game for each of the plurality of players making a request by selecting an electronic sweepstakes draw from a fixed number of electronic sweepstakes draws associated with the at least one sweepstakes game for each one of the respective plurality of requests;
• at least partially in response to receiving the plurality of requests, awarding, by the one or more computer processors, a bonus time period to each one of the plurality of players;
• initiating, by the one or more computer processors, play of a second sweepstakes game at a particular point in time, wherein
• play of the second sweepstakes game comprises selecting at least one electronic sweepstakes draw from a fixed number of electronic sweepstakes draws associated with the second sweepstakes game, and
• wherein the at least one sweepstakes draw may result in a non-zero prize;
• determining, by the one or more computer processors, for each one of the plurality of players awarded the bonus time period, whether the bonus time period for the each one of the plurality of players is operative concurrent with the particular point in time;
• and
• awarding, by the one or more computer processors, at least a portion of the non-zero prize that results from play of the second sweepstakes game to at least one of the each one of the plurality of players awarded the bonus time period that is operative concurrent with the particular point in time.