Video gaming system with pool prize structures
AssigneeBally Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsJohn R. Koza, Norman T. La Marre, Martin A. Keane
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Abstract
A video amusement gaming system with pool prize structures including remote game terminals and a central controller with two-way communications between the remote game terminals and the central controller. Prize awards are based upon random shuffling of a set of prize awards among a predetermined pool of plays for each remote game terminal. This ensures an equal distribution of prize awards to each remote game terminal. The shuffling of prizes is based upon a random seed produced either by the remote terminal of the central controller or by both.
Claims6
In a gaming system having a central controller and a plurality of remote terminals each operable for playing a game, a prize distribution system guaranteeing a predetermined number of winners at each terminal comprising:
- means included in said central controller for assigning a minipool to each terminal, each of said mini-pools representing a fixed number of game plays and a predetermined number of prizes;
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- means included in each of said terminals for randomly distributing prizes among different plays of the terminal's minipool.
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