employed in the art in such an instance reel driver boards 196 and physical game reels 198 with associated hardware are eliminated and the game outcome generated by the random number generator on main board 144 is directly displayed on a video game display 184 and optionally on a separate game device display 178 as known in the art other gaming machine configurations for play of different wagering games such as video poker games video blackjack games video keno video bingo or any other suitable primary games are equally well known in the art it will also be understood and appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that selected components of gaming device 100 may be duplicated for play of a bonus game or event in accordance with the present invention in that at least a separate board with a second random number generator may be employed with associated peripherals and links thereto for play of the bonus game in a conventional situation wherein the bonus game of the present invention may be operably coupled as a u201c top box u201d or otherwise associated with a conventional existing gaming machine configured for play of a primary or base game many of the components illustrated in fig1 and described with respect thereto may be duplicated including separate software and associated memory for conducting play of the bonus game with associated pay tables for the bonus awards fig2 is a block diagram illustrating a gaming network 210 utilizing gaming machines g 1 g 2 g n which may be configured as gaming machines.