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Multiplayer gaming system and method of operation thereof

  • US 20060084499A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2004
  • Published: 04/20/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multiplayer gaming system facilitating a number of participating players to play a multiplayer game, each participating player associated with a player station, each player station being usable by a respective participating player to play a separate instance of a same single-player game having a plurality of possible results, the player station enabling the participating player to place a wager on an outcome of the multiplayer game;

  • comprising;

    a gaming server and an administration facility communicable with each one of the plurality of player stations wherein the gaming server is operable to group the plurality of player stations into a single instance of a multi-player game in which each player plays an instance of the single player game, and wherein the administration facility is operable to determine an outcome of the multiplayer game as a function of the combined results of the separate instances of the single-player game played at the plurality of player stations, the outcome of the multiplayer game being either a favourable outcome if at least one participating player is determined by the administration facility as being a winner of the multiplayer game, or an unfavourable outcome in which none of the participating players is determined as being a winner.

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