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GAMING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE ADJACENTLY ARRANGED GAMING MACHINES WHICH EACH PROVIDE A COMPONENT FOR A MULTI-COMPONENT GAME

  • US 20070167217A1
  • Filed: 09/05/2006
  • Published: 07/19/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gaming system comprising:

  • a plurality of gaming machines, each of the gaming machines including;

    (a) a primary game display device operable to display a primary game, said primary game operable upon a wager, (b) at least one input device operable to enable a player to make the wager on the primary game to cause a play of the primary game including a random generation of an outcome for said play of the primary game, and (c) at least one secondary game component display device operable to display at least one of a plurality of components of a multi-component secondary game; and

    at least one processor programmed to;

    (i) upon an occurrence of a component triggering event, for each of a first determined number of the gaming machines;

    (1) randomly generate at least one of the components, each said generation being in addition to the outcomes randomly generated for plays of the primary game, and (2) cause the secondary game component display device of said gaming machine to display said at least one generated component, and (ii) upon an occurrence of an evaluation triggering event, evaluate a combination of components displayed by the secondary game component display devices of a second determined number of the gaming machines to determine a multi-component secondary game outcome, said second determined number being at least two, and if an award is associated with said multi-component secondary game outcome, cause at least a portion of said award to be provided to one of the players of one of the gaming machines.

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