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GAMING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE GAMING MACHINES WHICH PROVIDE BONUS AWARDS

  • US 20070105619A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2006
  • Published: 05/10/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gaming system comprising:

  • a plurality of gaming machines, each gaming machine including a primary game operable upon a wager placed by a player; and

    a controller in communication with said gaming machines, wherein the controller is programmed to determine if a bonus event will occur, and if the controller determines that the bonus event will occur, said controller is programmed to;

    (a) determine a quantity of said gaming machines to participate in the bonus event, said quantity being greater than one;

    (b) determine which of the gaming machines were in an active state during a bonus event qualification period for said bonus event;

    (c) for each gaming machine in the active state, determine a probability to participate in the bonus event based on the total wagers placed during a bonus event accumulation period for said gaming machine relative to the total wagers placed for all gaming machines in the active state during the bonus event accumulation period; and

    (d) for each of the determined quantity of said gaming machines to participate in the bonus event, select one of the gaming machines in the active state based on the determined probability to participate in the bonus event, wherein at least one of the gaming machines is operable to be selected a plurality of times even if said gaming machine was previously selected to participate in the bonus event.

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