Gaming systems and methods for use in providing random rewards to multiple players

A gaming system for awarding a random reward to a first player of a plurality of players during play of a primary game, said gaming system comprising:

• a plurality of gaming machines participating in the random reward, each of said plurality of gaming machines is configured to:
• establish a first credit balance using at least one of a coin acceptor, a bill validator, a ticket reader, and a card reader for each gaming machine,
• receive a first wager from the first credit balance for a first player for play of the primary game,
• conduct the primary game and award the first player according to a game outcome, and
• display a bonus value;
• and
• a gaming server including a processor, a memory device, and a random number generator, said gaming server coupled to said plurality of gaming machines, said gaming server configured to:
• associate, in the memory device, the random reward with at least one gaming machine of said plurality of gaming machines, said at least one gaming machine being operated by the first player;
• generate a first plurality of bonus values and a second plurality of bonus values using the random number generator, the first plurality of bonus values and the second plurality of bonus values configured to enhance the random reward;
• assign the first plurality of bonus values to the at least one gaming machine;
• determine that a trigger condition within the primary game is satisfied at the at least one gaming machine;
• in response to the trigger condition being satisfied, award the random reward to the first player, wherein the awarded random reward is enhanced by at least one bonus value of the first plurality of bonus values;
• in response to the awarding of the random award, substitute the second plurality of bonus values for the first plurality of bonus values at the at least one gaming machine;
• and
• in response to the substitution, prompt the first player to play the primary game using the second plurality of bonus values.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• associating, by the gaming server, the random reward with at least one gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines, the at least one gaming machine being operated by the first player, wherein the at least one gaming machine is configured to operate a primary game, wherein the at least one gaming machine includes at least one of a coin acceptor, a bill validator, a card reader, and a ticket reader for establishing a first credit balance, for a first player, from which a first wager is accepted for admitting the first player to a primary game;
• generating a first plurality of bonus values and a second plurality of bonus values using a random number generator, the first plurality of bonus values and the second plurality of bonus values configured to enhance the random reward;
• assigning the first plurality of bonus values to the at least one gaming machine;
• determining that a trigger condition within the primary game is satisfied at the at least one gaming machine;
• in response to the trigger condition being satisfied, awarding the random reward to the first player, wherein the awarded random reward is enhanced by at least one bonus value of the first plurality of bonus values;
• in response to the awarding of the random award, substituting the second plurality of bonus values for the first plurality of bonus values at the at least one gaming machine;
• and
• in response to the substitution, prompting the first player to play the primary game using the second plurality of bonus values.