Wagering game system with shared outcome determined by a gaming machine

A gaming system for playing a community event in which a plurality of player terminals may be eligible to participate, the plurality of player terminals playing respective underlying wagering games when the community event is not in session, the system comprising:

• first and second community-event clients included in respective different player terminals of the plurality of player terminals, the first community-event client being operative to randomly determine a first community-event outcome in a first session of the community event, the second community-event client, but not the first community-event client, being operative to randomly determine a second community-event outcome in a second session of the community event, the second session being distinct from the first session;
• and
• a community-event coordinator distinct from the first and second community-event clients and operative to
• receive the first community-event outcome from the first community-event client and share the first community-event outcome with the player terminals participating in the first session, and
• receive the second community-event outcome from the second community-event client and share the second community-event outcome with the player terminals participating in the second session.

A method for playing a community event in which a plurality of player terminals may be eligible to participate, the plurality of player terminals playing respective underlying wagering games when the community event is not in session, the method comprising:

• providing community-event clients included in respective different player terminals of the plurality of player terminals;
• randomly determining, by the community-event clients, respective community-event outcomes in a same session of the community event;
• receiving the community-event outcomes from the respective community-event clients by a community-event coordinator that is distinct from the community-event clients;
• aggregating the received community-event outcomes by the community-event coordinator;
• and
• sharing the received community-event outcomes by the community-event coordinator with participating ones of the plurality of player terminals.

A method for playing a community event in which a plurality of player terminals may be eligible to participate, the plurality of player terminals playing respective underlying wagering games when the community event is not in session, the method comprising:

• providing first and second community-event clients included in respective different player terminals of the plurality of player terminals;
• randomly determining, by the first community-event client, a first community-event outcome in a first session of the community event;
• randomly determining, by the second community-event client, but not the first community-event client, a second community-event outcome in a second session of the community event, the second session being distinct from the first session;
• receiving the first community-event outcome from the first community-event client by a community-event coordinator that is distinct from the first and second community-event clients;
• sharing the first community-event outcome by the community-event coordinator with the player terminals participating in the first session;
• receiving the second community-event outcome from the second community-event client by the community-event coordinator;
• and
• sharing the second community-event outcome by the community-event coordinator with the player terminals participating in the second session.