Wagering game with community event in which individual enhancements are awarded
AssigneeWMS Gaming Inc.
InventorsAllon G. Englman, Daniel P. Louie, Steven J. Zoloto
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method is conducted in a gaming system including a plurality of gaming terminals that participate in a community event. The method includes providing, by at least one of one or more processors, individual enhancements at one or more of the plurality of gaming terminals. Each of the individual enhancements has an initial value prior to the community event being triggered. If the initial value exceeds a predetermined value upon the community event being triggered, the initial value is modified to a modified value based on the initial value. The modified value is awarded upon the community event being triggered.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method in a gaming system primarily dedicated to playing a casino wagering game, the gaming system including a random element generator, one or more processors, an electronic display device, an electronic input device, and a plurality of gaming terminals that participate in a community event, the method comprising:
- generating one or more random elements with the random element generator;
- receiving, via a physical input to the electronic input device, a wager input to initiate the casino wagering game;
- determining, by the one or more processors, an outcome of the casino wagering game based, at least in part, on the one or more random elements;
- displaying the outcome on the electronic display device;
- awarding, by the one or more processors, a tangible award in response to the outcome meeting a predetermined award criterion;
- providing, by at least one of the one or more processors, individual enhancements at one or more of the plurality of gaming terminals, each of the individual enhancements having an initial value prior to the community event being triggered;
- if the initial value exceeds a predetermined value upon the community event being triggered, modifying, by at least one of the one or more processors, the initial value to a modified value based on the initial value;
- and
- awarding, by at least one of the one or more processors, the modified value upon the community event being triggered;
- wherein the modifying includes randomly selecting, by at least one of the one or more processors, the modified value.
A computer-implemented method in a gaming system primarily dedicated to playing a casino wagering game, the gaming system including a random element generator, one or more processors, an electronic display device, an electronic input device, and a plurality of gaming terminals that participate in a community event, the method comprising:
- generating one or more random elements with the random element generator;
- receiving, via a physical input to the electronic input device, a wager input to initiate the casino wagering game;
- determining, by the one or more processors, an outcome of the casino wagering game based, at least in part, on the one or more random elements;
- displaying the outcome on the electronic display device;
- awarding, by the one or more processors, a tangible award in response to the outcome meeting a predetermined award criterion;
- providing, by at least one of the one or more processors, individual enhancements at one or more of the plurality of gaming terminals, each of the individual enhancements having an initial value prior to the community event being triggered;
- if the initial value exceeds a predetermined value upon the community event being triggered, modifying, by at least one of the one or more processors, the initial value to a modified value based on the initial value;
- and
- awarding, by at least one of the one or more processors, the modified value upon the community event being triggered;
- wherein the individual enhancements include a first enhancement with a first initial value at a first gaming terminal and a second enhancement with a second initial value at a second gaming terminal, the modifying, by at least one of the one or more processors, including modifying the first initial value to a first modified value and the second initial value to a second modified value.
A gaming system primarily dedicated to playing a casino wagering game, the gaming system comprising:
- a plurality of gaming terminals that participate in a community event;
- at least one community display for displaying the community event thereon;
- an electronic display device;
- an electronic input device configured to receive a physical input from a player to initiate the casino wagering game and transform the input into an electronic data signal;
- a random element generator configured to generate one or more random elements;
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- at least one controller in communication with the at least one community display and the plurality of gaming terminals, the controller being operative to
- initiate the casino wagering game in response to the electronic data signal from the electronic input device,
- determine an outcome of the casino wagering game based, at least in part, on the one or more random elements,
- direct the electronic display device to display the outcome,
- award a tangible award in response to the outcome meeting a predetermined award criterion,
- provide individual enhancements at one or more of the plurality of gaming terminals, each of the individual enhancements having an initial value prior to the community event being triggered,
- randomly determine whether to modify the initial value to a modified value based on the initial value,
- select a modification to apply to the initial value to generate a modified value, and
- award the modified value upon the community event being triggered.
One or more machine-readable non-transitory storage media including instructions primarily dedicated to playing a casino wagering game and which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- generating one or more random elements with a random element generator;
- receiving, via a physical input to an electronic input device, a wager input to initiate the casino wagering game;
- determining, by one or more processors, an outcome of the casino wagering game based, at least in part, on the one or more random elements;
- displaying the outcome on an electronic display device;
- awarding, by the one or more processors, a tangible award in response to the outcome meeting a predetermined award criterion;
- providing individual enhancements at one or more of a plurality of gaming terminals participating in a community event, each of the individual enhancements having an initial value prior to the community event being triggered,
- if the initial value exceeds a predetermined value upon the community event being triggered, modifying the initial value to a modified value based on the initial value, and
- awarding the modified value upon the community event being triggered;
- wherein the operations further include randomly selecting the modified value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.