Gaming apparatus
First Claim
1. Gaming apparatus comprising a group of individually playable gaming machines, a common control unit, a link between each machine and said unit, and a display responsive to said unit indicating a plurality of prizes distinct from any prize available from any said machine alone, the machines being playable in self-contained and participation modes, the self-contained mode being with each machine being played independently for its own prizes, and the participation mode allowing players of a machine selected for participation (qualified players) to participate together in the selection of prizes from the display.
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Abstract
Gaming apparatus has a group of gaming machines each playable separately linked through a control unit to a display which shows prizes different from those offered by the machines. Players of the machines are occasionally offered a chance to win prizes from the display, and they may have to qualify for this by obtaining a particular result from their gaming machines. Several or all the players can qualify and so they participate together in the selection of prizes from the display, using controls on their machines. There are various ways of distributing those prizes, from winner takes all to a proportional distribution determined randomly or in relation to the performance of the players in the participation mode.
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- 1. Gaming apparatus comprising a group of individually playable gaming machines, a common control unit, a link between each machine and said unit, and a display responsive to said unit indicating a plurality of prizes distinct from any prize available from any said machine alone, the machines being playable in self-contained and participation modes, the self-contained mode being with each machine being played independently for its own prizes, and the participation mode allowing players of a machine selected for participation (qualified players) to participate together in the selection of prizes from the display.
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