US 10,121,325 B2Granted

Gaming system and method providing adjustable odds for triggering a group bonus event

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InventorsBenjamin C. Hoffman, Paulina Rodgers, Christmas C. Parker, Robert F. Lester

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Abstract

The gaming system and method disclosed herein provides that the probability that a group bonus event will be triggered for a plurality of gaming devices in the gaming system is independent of the number of players that are currently playing such gaming devices. The gaming system and method disclosed herein further provides that different players that are wagering different amounts at different rates are provided different quantities of evaluation points such that if a group bonus event is triggered, different players are provided different group bonus event awards proportional to each individual player's wagering activity.

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Dependent claims

A gaming system comprising:

a plurality of gaming devices;
and
at least one controller configured to communicate with each of the gaming devices, wherein upon a communication of a wager event at a first one of said gaming devices, the at least one controller is programmed to:
(a) determine a positive group bonus meter event to be applied to a group bonus meter associated with the first one of said gaming devices;
(b) determine a negative group bonus meter event to be applied to a group bonus meter associated with a second one of said gaming devices;
(c) determine if a group bonus event is triggered;
and
(d) if it is determined that the group bonus event has been triggered:
(i) determine, based on the group bonus meter associated with the first one of said gaming devices, if the first one of said gaming devices is eligible for participation in the triggered group bonus event;
(ii) determine, based on the group bonus meter associated with the second one of said gaming devices, if the second one of said gaming devices is eligible for participation in the triggered group bonus event;
(iii) cause each of said determined eligible gaming devices to display an indication of said gaming device's participation in said group bonus event;
(iv) cause each of said determined eligible gaming devices to display a group bonus event award to be provided by said gaming device;
and
(v) cause each of said determined eligible gaming devices to provide the displayed group bonus event award.

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Application: 15/864,868Filed 8 Jan 2018 · division
Priority: 13 Jun 2008
Published: US 2018/0130311 A110 May 2018
Granted: 6 Nov 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G07F 17/3274
Games involving multiple players: wherein the players cooperate, e.g. team-play
G07F 17/32
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
G07F 17/3244
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
G07F 17/3267
Game play aspects of gaming systems: game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher…

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Application61/061,328Us provisional application · filed 13 Jun 2008
Application12/473,493Parent of this continuation · filed 28 May 2009
Application14/676,505Parent of this division · filed 1 Apr 2015
US 9,129,481 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Sep 2015
US 2018/0130311 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 May 2018
US 9,865,134 B2Parent of this division
Application14/676,505Parent of this continuation
US 2010/0137056 A1Published application
US 2015/0206393 A1Published application
US 10,121,325 B2This patent

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