Class of feature event games suitable for linking to multiple gaming machines

A group gaming method, comprising:

• receiving wagers from a plurality of players at respective gaming machines;
• determining outcomes of individual games played by the plurality of players at the respective gaming machines;
• displaying an image representative of a group game played by the plurality of players at the respective gaming machines, wherein the image representative of the group game comprises a first plurality of cells and a first value payout corresponding to a first group goal and a second plurality of cells and a second different value payout corresponding to a second group goal, wherein each cell of the first plurality of cells and the second plurality of cells is attributable to any of the respective gaming machines of the plurality of players and the second group of cells is non-overlapping with the first group of cells;
• for each outcome from a first set of outcomes, designating a cell of the first plurality of cells with a designation indicative of the respective gaming machine at which the outcome from the first set of outcomes was determined;
• for each outcome from a second set of outcomes, designating a cell of the second plurality of cells with a designation indicative of the respective gaming machine at which the outcome from the second set of outcomes was determined;
• providing the first value payout if the first group goal is achieved through the designation of each of the first plurality of cells, the first value payout associated with only the first plurality of cells;
• providing the second different value payout if the second group goal is achieved through the designation of each of the second plurality of cells, the second value payout associated with only the second plurality of cells;
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• displaying the first value payout in association with only the first group of cells and displaying the second different value payout in association with only the second group of cells, wherein each cell is capable of being designated to multiple gaming machines.

A group gaming system comprising:

• a plurality of gaming machines, each gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines comprising:
• a gaming machine controller comprising a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the gaming machine controller configured to:
• (a) receive a respective wager from a respective player;
• (b) display a respective image representative of a respective individual game played by the respective player;
• (c) determine a respective outcome of the respective individual game, the respective outcome of the respective individual game from a plurality of possible outcomes;
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• (d) provide at least a portion of a value payout associated with a group game;
• a display device communicatively coupled to the plurality of gaming machines, the display device comprising a display screen operatively coupled to a display device processor, the display device processor configured to:
• (i) display an image representative of the group game played by a plurality of players at the respective gaming machines, wherein the image representative of the group game comprises a first plurality of cells and a first value payout corresponding to a first group goal and a second plurality of cells and a second different value payout corresponding to a second group goal, wherein each cell of the first plurality of cells and the second plurality of cells is attributable to any of the respective gaming machines of the plurality of players and the second plurality of cells is non-overlapping with the first plurality of cells, wherein the first value payout is associated with achieving the first group goal through designation of each of the first plurality of cells and is associated with only and displayed with only the first plurality of cells, and wherein the second different value payout is associated with achieving the second group goal through designation of each of the second plurality of cells and is associated with only and displayed with only the second plurality of cells;
• (ii) for each outcome from a first set of outcomes, designate a cell of the first plurality of cells with a designation indicative of the respective gaming machine at which the outcome from the first set of outcomes was determined, wherein each cell of the first plurality of cells is capable of being designated to multiple gaming machines;
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• (iii) for each outcome from a second set of outcomes, designate a cell of the second plurality of cells with a designation indicative of the respective gaming machine at which the outcome from the second set of outcomes was determined, wherein each cell of the second plurality of cells is capable of being designated to multiple gaming machines.