Systems and methods for providing promotional games and gaming awards

1. A system for presenting an award to a selected player based on a promotional event game outcome that is part of a promotional event after the selected player first being selected based on a first game of chance outcome comprising:

a server having a transceiver, a processor and a memory, the memory configured with non-transitory machine executable instructions executable by the processor, to generate the promotional event game outcome;

a mobile computing device, for use by the selected player, having a transceiver, a screen, a processor and a memory, the memory configured with non-transitory machine executable instructions executable by the processor, to:

display a promotional event to the selected player on the mobile computing device screen, the promotional event including a second game of chance having a promotional event game outcome such that the award is determined by the promotional event game outcome;

receive the promotional event game outcome from the server; and

present the award to the selected player responsive to the promotional event game outcome; and

a remote display configured to show the promotional event or a portion of the promotional event, and any resultant award, concurrently in substantially real-time as the promotional event is being shown to, and/or played by, the selected player on the mobile computing device screen.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile computing device is tablet computer.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the promotional event includes an electronic wheel-based game of chance.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the promotional event includes an electronic matching game of chance.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the promotional event includes an electronic scratch-off game of chance.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the promotional event includes an electronic pick and win game of chance.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein selection of the selected player is a based on a drawing from a plurality of players.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein selection of the selected player does not require a wager by the selected player.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein selection of the selected player requires a wager by the selected player.

10. A system for offering a promotional event for a player comprising:

a remote display configured to receive a signal representing the promotional event; and

display at least a portion of the promotional event on the remote display;

a promotional event computing device having a processor, a memory, a screen, and a wireless transceiver, the memory configured with non-transitory machine executable instructions executable by the processor to:

responsive to a trigger event, initiate the promotional event;

generate a random outcome, the random outcome representing a promotional event outcome;

display the promotional event and the promotional event outcome to the player on the screen of the promotional event computing device;

award the player a prize, the prize determined by the promotional event outcome; and

during the promotional event, transmit at least a portion of the promotional event, and any resultant award, concurrently in substantially real-time as the promotional event is being shown to, and/or played by, the selected player on the mobile computing device screen, to the remote display for display on the remote display, the remote display viewable by additional people.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the promotional event computing device is tablet computer.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the promotional event includes an electronic wheel-based game of chance.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the promotional event includes an electronic matching game of chance.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the promotional event includes an electronic scratch-off game of chance.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the promotional event includes an electronic pick and win game of chance.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the trigger event does not require a purchase by the player to be selected.

17. A method for providing a promotional event to a selected player of a game of

chance after a trigger event comprising:

responsive to the trigger event, presenting a promotional event computing device to the selected player and initiating the promotional event, the promotional event including a game of chance;

presenting the promotional event including the game of chance to the selected player on a screen of the promotional event computing device;

generating a game outcome with a random number generator;

presenting an award to the selected player, the award determined by the game outcome; and

while presenting the promotional event to the selected player, concurrently in substantially real-time displaying the promotional event, and any resultant award, on one or more additional screens separate from the promotional event computing device for viewing by one or more people in addition to the selected player.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the promotional event computing device is tablet computer.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the game of chance is an electronic matching game of chance.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the game of chance is an electronic scratch-off game of chance.

21. The method of claim 17 , wherein the game of chance is an electronic pick and win game of chance.

22. The method of claim 17 , wherein the trigger event a drawing selecting at least one player from a plurality of players.

23. The method of claim 17 , wherein the trigger event does not require a wager to be the selected player.

24. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first game of chance requires a wager to be the selected player.