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NETWORKED COMMUNITY CHEST

  • US 20110065495A1
  • Filed: 09/07/2010
  • Published: 03/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gaming system, comprising:

  • a wager input device for receiving an indication of a wager;

    a plurality of electronic gaming devices communicatively linked together, each having a video display and each displaying on the corresponding video display a primary wagering game; and

    a main controller in communication with each of the gaming devices and operative to;

    in response to triggering a bonus event during which the gaming devices participate, store in a memory device a plurality of predetermined bonus awards, each of the predetermined bonus awards being associated with a respective one of the gaming devices, andcommunicate to a first of the gaming devices possible bonus awards, the possible bonus awards including the predetermined bonus award associated with the first gaming device and a plurality of decoy bonus awards corresponding to some of the predetermined bonus awards that will not be awarded at the first gaming device, causing the first gaming device to display on the video display of the first gaming device (a) the possible bonus awards, (b) an indication of which of the decoy bonus awards that will not be awarded at the first gaming device during the bonus event, and (c) an indication of the predetermined bonus award associated with the first gaming device as the predetermined bonus award to be awarded to a player of the first gaming device.

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