US 2006/0148565 A1 · Tournament for gaming machines

Abstract

A tournament server intermittently initiates a tournament for any number of gaming machines connected to a network. An operator sets the parameters of the tournament, such as the scheduling, the criteria for winning, and the awards. The tournament server controls a display, such as an overhead display or a display on each gaming machine. The tournament server receives pay-in/pay-out data or any other relevant data from the gaming machines and determines the rankings of the players. At the end of the tournament, the winning player is awarded a prize. The tournament server and tournament technique can be implemented without reconfiguring the gaming machines, and a variety of types of gaming machines by different manufacturers may participate in the same tournament.

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Dependent claims

A gaming system comprising:

a plurality of gaming machines connected in a network, a normal mode of the gaming machines generating winning and losing outcomes based, at least in part, on random events, the normal mode occurring in the absence of a tournament;
and
a tournament server communicating with the network, the tournament server for establishing criteria for winning a tournament by one or more players playing the gaming machines, and for detecting data from the gaming machines during a tournament to determine one or more winning players,
the tournament server detecting data from the gaming machines while players are playing the gaming machines in the gaming machines' normal mode without requiring reconfiguration of the gaming machines for playing in the tournament.

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Tournament for gaming machines

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Abstract

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