Multi-play central determination system
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1. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one display device supported by the housing;
a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including;
an acceptor of a first physical item associated with a first monetary value, and a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with a credit balance;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;
for each of a quantity of at least two overlapping game plays;
receive, via at least one of the input devices, an input associated with a placement of a wager on said overlapping game play,cause the at least one display device to display a predetermined game outcome selected from a pool of predetermined game outcomes, said pool of predetermined game outcomes being based, at least in part, on the quantity of at least two overlapping game plays, andcause the at least one display device to display any award associated with the displayed predetermined game outcome, andtransmit to an accounting server data associated with at least one of;
the selected predetermined game outcomes and any awards associated with the selected predetermined game outcomes, wherein the quantity of at least two overlapping game plays are accounted for as a single game play.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems implementing techniques for using a central determination system with multi-play gaming machines having sub-games and with gaming machines having a base game and a bonus game. A seed value is provided for each of the games (i.e., each of the sub-games or the base game and the bonus game). This ensures that all possible game outcomes may be displayed for each of the games.
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1. A gaming system comprising:
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a housing; at least one display device supported by the housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including; an acceptor of a first physical item associated with a first monetary value, and a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with a credit balance; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to; for each of a quantity of at least two overlapping game plays; receive, via at least one of the input devices, an input associated with a placement of a wager on said overlapping game play, cause the at least one display device to display a predetermined game outcome selected from a pool of predetermined game outcomes, said pool of predetermined game outcomes being based, at least in part, on the quantity of at least two overlapping game plays, and cause the at least one display device to display any award associated with the displayed predetermined game outcome, and transmit to an accounting server data associated with at least one of;
the selected predetermined game outcomes and any awards associated with the selected predetermined game outcomes, wherein the quantity of at least two overlapping game plays are accounted for as a single game play. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
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maintaining a credit balance, said credit balance being increasable via an acceptor of a first physical item associated with a first monetary value, and decreasable via a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with the credit balance; for each of a quantity of at least two overlapping game plays; receiving an input associated with a placement of a wager on said overlapping game play, said wager being deducted from the maintained credit balance, displaying, by at least one display device, a predetermined game outcome selected from a pool of predetermined game outcomes, said pool of predetermined game outcomes being based, at least in part, on the quantity of at least two overlapping game plays, and displaying, by the at least one display device, any award associated with the displayed predetermined game outcome, and transmitting to an accounting server data associated with at least one of;
the selected predetermined game outcomes and any awards associated with the selected predetermined game outcomes, wherein the quantity of at least overlapping game plays are accounted for as a single game play. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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