WAGERING GAME WITH DUAL-PLAY FEATURE
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Abstract
Multi-player games that foster cooperation or competition between players. A multi-player wagering game system includes a first display to display a first wagering game; a first input device corresponding to the first display to accept input from a first player; a second display to display a second wagering game, the second display being adjacent to the first display; a second input device corresponding to the second display to accept input from a second player; and a bonus display to display a bonus game. The bonus game receiving input from both the first and the second input devices. Computer software causes the first wagering game and the second wagering game to be executed. A multi-person seating device is configured to permit the first player and the second player to sit side-by-side in front of the first display and the second display, respectively.
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Citations
79 Claims
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42. A companion wagering game method, comprising:
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receiving at a gaming module a first wager from a first player to play a first wagering game, the first wager being deducted from a shared credit meter; receiving at the gaming module a second wager from a second player to play a second wagering game, the second wager being deducted from the shared credit meter, the second wager capable of being different from the first wager; responsive to receiving an input from the first player or from the second player, initiating simultaneously the first wagering game and the second wagering game at the gaming module; randomly selecting, via one or more processors, a first game outcome from a plurality of game outcomes associated with the first wagering game and a second game outcome from a plurality of game outcomes associated with the second wagering game; displaying the first wagering game and the second wagering game on a common display; responsive to the first game outcome or the second game outcome corresponding to a winning outcome, crediting to the shared credit meter an amount of credits associated with the winning outcome; and responsive to both the first player and the second player achieving a common accomplishment on the common display, respectively, awarding an enhanced award at the gaming module. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A gaming system, comprising:
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a first wager input for receiving a first wager from a first player to play a first wagering game at a gaming module; a second wager input for receiving a second wager from a second player to play a second wagering game at the gaming module; a common display that displays the first wagering game and the second wagering game; a shared credit meter, the first wager and the second wager being deducted from the shared credit meter, the second wager capable of being different from the first wager; and one or more controllers programmed to; responsive to receiving an input from the first player or from the second player, initiate simultaneously the first wagering game and the second wagering game at the gaming module, randomly select a first game outcome from a plurality of game outcomes associated with the first wagering game and a second game outcome from a plurality of game outcomes associated with the second wagering game, responsive to the first game outcome or the second game outcome corresponding to a winning outcome, credit to the shared credit meter an amount of credits associated with the winning outcome, and responsive to both the first player and the second player achieving a common accomplishment on the common display, respectively, award an enhanced award at the gaming module. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A companion wagering game method, comprising:
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receiving at a gaming module a first wager from a first player to play a first wagering game; receiving at the gaming module a second wager from a second player to play a second wagering game; displaying the first wagering game and the second wagering game on a common display; randomly selecting a first game outcome from a plurality of game outcomes associated with the first wagering game and a second game outcome from a plurality of game outcomes associated with the second wagering game; responsive to receiving an input from the first player, initiating the first wagering game at the gaming module; responsive to receiving an input from the second player, initiating the second wagering game at the gaming module; awarding a first award to the first player responsive to the first game outcome being a winning outcome; awarding a second award to the second player responsive to the second game outcome being a winning outcome; responsive to a bonus trigger occurring during the first wagering game, displaying a first bonus game and receiving an input from the first player to play the first bonus game; responsive to a bonus trigger occurring during the second wagering game, displaying a second bonus game and receiving an input from the second player to play the second bonus game; responsive to both the first player and the second player achieving a common accomplishment on the common display, respectively, following the first bonus game or the second bonus game, awarding a common award to the first player and to the second player. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having an instruction set borne thereby, the instruction set being configured to cause, upon execution by one or more controllers, the acts of, comprising:
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causing a first wager to be received at a gaming module from a first player to play a first wagering game, the first wager being deducted from a shared credit meter; causing a second wager to be received at the gaming module from a second player to play a second wagering game; causing the second wager to be deducted from the shared credit meter, the second wager capable of being different from the first wager; responsive to receiving an input from the first player or from the second player, causing the first wagering game and the second wagering game to be initiated simultaneously at the gaming module; causing a first game outcome from a plurality of game outcomes associated with the first wagering game and a second game outcome from a plurality of game outcomes associated with the second wagering game to be randomly selected via one or more processors; causing the first wagering game and the second wagering game to be displayed on a common display; responsive to the first game outcome or the second game outcome corresponding to a winning outcome, causing an amount of credits associated with the winning outcome to be credited to the shared credit meter; and responsive to both the first player and the second player achieving a common accomplishment on the common display, respectively, causing an enhanced award to be awarded at the gaming module. - View Dependent Claims (79)
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Specification