Gaming system and methods of providing an award to a player
AssigneeKonami Gaming, Inc.
InventorsSatoshi Suda, Arthur Lee
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Abstract
A system for providing an award to a player is described herein. The system includes a plurality of gaming devices and a controller coupled to each of the gaming devices. Each gaming device is configured to receive a wager from a player and responsively display a game. The controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a wager being received by at least one of the gaming devices, determine a range of award numbers as a function of at least one previous wager, randomly select an award number from the range of award numbers, and responsively provide an award to the player being associated with the at least one gaming device as a function of the randomly selected award number.
Claims1
A computer system, comprising:
- a system computer coupled to a plurality of gaming devices via a network, each gaming device programmed to allow a player to place wagers on a game, the system computer including a processor coupled to a memory device, the processor programed to:
- receive a signal indicative of a wager being received by at least one of the gaming devices;
- establish a previous wager value;
- determine a current range of award numbers as a function of a predefined range of award numbers and the previous wager value;
- randomly select an award number from the current range of award numbers;
- determine a subset of numbers within the current range of award numbers as a function of the received wager;
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- provide an award to a player associated with the at least one gaming device if the selected award number is within the determined subset of numbers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.