System and Method for Allowing Piggyback Wagering

1 . A method for implementing a wagering game, the method comprising:

allowing a piggybacking player to select piggybacking betting options on a piggybacking machine;

receiving, by a piggybacking machine, a source game results generated by a source machine;

displaying the source game results on the piggybacking machine; and

generating an award amount on the piggybacking machine by applying the piggybacking betting options to the source game results.

2 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the piggybacking betting options comprise a bet amount.

3 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the piggybacking betting options comprise a selection of active paylines.

4 . The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

allowing a source player to select source betting options on the source machine;

receiving, by the source machine, a piggybacking game results generating by the piggybacking machine;

displaying the piggybacking game results on the source machine; and

generating an award amount on the source machine by applying the source betting options to the piggybacking game results.

5 . The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, by the piggybacking player on the piggybacking machine, a source player; and

locating, by a server, the source machine that is being played by the source player.

6 . The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the identifying is performed by the piggybacking player typing in a player's number associated with the source player.

7 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein a paytable used to generate the award amount on the piggybacking machine is different from a source paytable used to generate an award on the source machine.

8 . A method for implementing a wagering game, the method comprising:

generating a first random outcome by a first machine and awarding a first award on the first machine based on the first random outcome;

generating a second random outcome by a second machine and awarding a second award on the second machine based on the second random outcome;

displaying the first random outcome on the second machine and awarding a third award on the second machine based on the first random outcome; and

displaying the second random outcome on the first machine and awarding a fourth award on the first machine based on the second random outcome.

9 . The method as recited in claim 8 , further comprising:

allowing a player of the first machine to set a wager amount applied to the second random outcome which affects the fourth award.

10 . The method as recited in claim 98 , further comprising:

allowing a player of the second machine to set a wager amount applied to the first random outcome which affects the third award.

11 . A method for implementing a wagering game, the method comprising:

receiving, by a piggybacking machine, a source game results generating by a source machine;

displaying the source game results on the piggybacking machine;

triggering a source bonus round on a source machine; and

triggering a piggybacking bonus round on a destination machine,

wherein the piggybacking bonus round is not identical to the source bonus round.

12 . The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the piggybacking bonus round is independent of the source bonus round.

13 . The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein selections in the bonus round are made and displayed on the piggybacking machine and awards are copied from the piggybacking bonus round.

14 . The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein the awards are copied in the piggybacking bonus round in a same sequence that the awards were generated in the source bonus round.