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SERVER BASED GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY PROVIDING ONE OR MORE DIFFERENT TOURNAMENTS

  • US 20080070694A1
  • Filed: 07/30/2007
  • Published: 03/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of operating a gaming tournament, said method comprising:

  • (a) enabling a plurality of players to play a tournament on a plurality of gaming machines, said tournament having a plurality of tournament game outcomes including a designated tournament game outcome, said tournament game outcomes each associated with a probability of being provided during the tournament;

    (b) for each game played during the tournament, determining one of the tournament game outcomes to provide and providing said determined tournament game outcome;

    (c) after a designated event, determining if the designated tournament game outcome has been provided;

    (d) if the designated tournament game outcome has not been provided in the tournament, increasing the probability associated with said designated tournament game outcome;

    (e) repeating (c) and (d) until the designated tournament game outcome has been provided during the tournament; and

    (f) at the end of the tournament, determining a tournament winner based on the provided tournament game outcomes.

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