A secondary game in communication with a primary gaming machine, is preferably
based on a sport, namely American football. The present invention, unlike previous
secondary games is triggered in response to both predefined winning and non-winning
primary game outcomes. The secondary game awards a bonus pay out in response to
a player achieving a predefined bonus event. The bonus event may be scoring a touchdown,
getting a first down or any desired football related event. Once the secondary
game is triggered by one or more predefined winning primary game outcomes, a random
number generator selects a secondary game football related outcome (e.g. five yard
gain, two yard loss, etc). In a preferred embodiment, the football outcome is revealed
on a display depicting video football footage. Moreover, if the primary game outcome
is a predefined non-winning outcome, the secondary game is instructed to advance
the football a pre-established modest distance.
