Tournament gaming system
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
InventorNicholas Luke Bennett
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Abstract
A gaming system (50) has a controller (52) in communication with a plurality of gaming machines (10) that are operable by a player to play at least one base game (16). Each of the plurality of gaming machines (10) can participate in a secondary game that is common to the plurality of gaming machines (10) and which has an outcome resulting in the allocation of an award to a player of at least one of the gaming machines (10). A plurality of common events having a randomly determined component that dictates whether the outcome is achieved in the secondary game are displayed to players of the plurality of gaming machines (10). The outcome is capable of being achieved for any one gaming machine (10) without any other gaming machine (10) also achieving the outcome.
Claims26
A gaming system comprising a controller and a plurality of gaming machines, each gaming machine:
- a) comprising at least one display,
- b) operable by a player to play at least one base game, and
- c) being in communication with the controller,
- the gaming system allowing each of the plurality of gaming machines to participate in a secondary game that is common to the plurality of gaming machines and which has an outcome, the outcome resulting in the allocation of an award to a player of at least one of the plurality of gaming machines, wherein the controller causes a plurality of events in the secondary game to be displayed to players of the plurality of gaming machines, the plurality of events being common to every one of said plurality of gaming machines and having a randomly determined component that dictates whether the outcome is achieved by any one of said plurality of gaming machines, wherein the outcome is capable of being achieved for any one of the plurality of gaming machines without any other one of the plurality of gaming machines also achieving the outcome.
The gaming system of any one of the preceding claims including at least one further display that is located generally above the plurality of gaming machines and is controlled by the controller, wherein the plurality of events are displayed on the at least one further display.
The gaming system of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the plurality of gaming machines that participate in the secondary are selected from all gaming machines that are in communication with the controller according to predetermined selection criteria.
A method of providing a bonus game for a gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming machines, the method comprising monitoring the plurality of gaming machines for a trigger event and on occurrence of the trigger event initiating a secondary game on at least two gaming machines of the plurality of gaming machines, the secondary game comprising, for said at least two gaming machines, the steps of:
- a) determining an initial game state for each gaming machine, the initial state determined randomly for each gaming machine;
- b) randomly selecting a plurality of events that combine with the initial game state to show the progression of the secondary game from the initial game state to a final game state, the plurality of events being common across each gaming machine;
- and then
- c) identifying any winning gaming machines from said plurality of gaming machines and allocating an award accordingly.
A gaming system substantially according to any one of the embodiments herein described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 11 of the accompanying drawings.
A method of providing a bonus game for a gaming system, the method being substantially according to any one of the embodiments herein described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 11 of the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.