GAMING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE GAMING MACHINES WHICH PROVIDE BONUS AWARDS
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1. A gaming system comprising:
- a plurality of different gaming mediums, each gaming medium controlled by at least one gaming medium processor and configured to enable a play of a primary game, wherein each primary game is operable upon a wager by a player and configured to be played by the plurality of players at a plurality of different rates during a bonus event accumulation period; and
a controller configured to communicate with each of the plurality of different gaming mediums, the controller programmed to;
(a) maintain an accumulated wager pool including at least the wagers placed on the primary games played during the bonus event accumulation period,(b) randomly determine to provide at least one of a plurality of bonus awards to at least one of the plurality of players of the primary games, wherein said determination is based at least in part on the accumulated wager pool and is independent of any event in any play of any of the primary games played on the different gaming mediums, and(c) determine which gaming medium playing one of the primary games will provide the bonus award based at least in part on the wagers placed on the primary games, wherein the gaming medium processor for the selected gaming medium determines at least part of the bonus award to be displayed and provided by said gaming medium selected by the controller.
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Abstract
A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines, gaming tables, hand held gaming devices and/or community gaming displays. The central server monitors wagers placed on any games played. Based at least in part on the wagers placed, the central server determines when one or more bonus events will occur and which players to provide any bonus awards.
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21 Claims
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1. A gaming system comprising:
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a plurality of different gaming mediums, each gaming medium controlled by at least one gaming medium processor and configured to enable a play of a primary game, wherein each primary game is operable upon a wager by a player and configured to be played by the plurality of players at a plurality of different rates during a bonus event accumulation period; and a controller configured to communicate with each of the plurality of different gaming mediums, the controller programmed to; (a) maintain an accumulated wager pool including at least the wagers placed on the primary games played during the bonus event accumulation period, (b) randomly determine to provide at least one of a plurality of bonus awards to at least one of the plurality of players of the primary games, wherein said determination is based at least in part on the accumulated wager pool and is independent of any event in any play of any of the primary games played on the different gaming mediums, and (c) determine which gaming medium playing one of the primary games will provide the bonus award based at least in part on the wagers placed on the primary games, wherein the gaming medium processor for the selected gaming medium determines at least part of the bonus award to be displayed and provided by said gaming medium selected by the controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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