Hybrid gaming system

A hybrid gaming method for use with an electronic gaming machine (EGM) having a base game with a trigger event, and a feature game device having a feature game display and local feature game data, and a remotely-located feature game controller, the method comprising:

• conducting the base game on the electronic gaming machine;
• monitoring for the trigger event to occur in the base game such that a feature game is to be conducted;
• generating trigger data indicative of a trigger event having occurred;
• receiving said trigger data at said feature game device;
• generating at the remotely-located feature game controller remote feature data specifying at least one feature game and remote feature game data in response to receiving said trigger data;
• combining at said feature game device said local feature game data and said remote feature game data and
• displaying a feature game specified by the remote feature game data on the feature game display.

A hybrid gaming apparatus comprising:

• a cabinet;
• an electronic gaming machine (EGM) comprising:
• a base game interface disposed within the cabinet and comprising a display and a base game player instruction input mechanism, and a processor disposed within the cabinet and configured to conduct a base game based on at least one player instruction received from the base game player instruction input mechanism;
• a feature game controller located remotely from the EGM and being configured to randomly generate a feature game and remote feature game data in response to receiving said trigger data and
• a feature game device mounted to the cabinet a) being located remotely from said feature game controller, b) comprising a feature game display, a local feature game data module having local feature data for at least one feature game, and an implementer configured to combine said local feature game data and said remote feature game data in response to said trigger data, the feature game display is further configured to display said generated feature game.