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GAMING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE GAMING MACHINES WHICH PROVIDE BONUS AWARDS

  • US 20080020847A1
  • Filed: 07/30/2007
  • Published: 01/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a gaming system, said gaming system including a controller in communication with a plurality of gaming machines wherein each gaming machine includes a primary game operable upon a wager placed by a player, said method comprising:

  • (a) causing the controller to determine if a bonus event will occur; and

    (b) if the bonus event is determined to occur;

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

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

    (iii) for each gaming machine in the active state, causing the controller to 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

    (iv) for each of the determined quantity of said gaming machines to participate in the bonus event, causing the controller to 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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