A gaming device and method where there is a primary game and a bonus game. The player makes a wager and plays the primary game to obtain an outcome. Before, during or after the primary game a bonus game is played, apart from the primary game, which can trigger an separate, unrelated award. A bonus award...http://www.google.ca/patents/US7771268?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7771268 - Electronic game apparatus and method providing a secondary game triggered apart from a primary game