COMPETITIVE-COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY EVENT

• US 20110070940A1
• Filed: 09/20/2010
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: WMS Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Jaffe, Joel R., Thomas, Alfred
• Application Number:
  US12/886,217
• Publication Number:
  US 20110070940A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3274 wherein the players cooperate, e.g. team-play

Abstract

A gaming system includes a plurality of linked gaming terminals. Each terminal includes a wager input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game. Each gaming terminal further includes at least one display displaying a portion of a continuous image. Each gaming terminal further includes a controller coupled to the one or more displays and the wager input device. The controller is operative to cause at least one of the displays to display a community gaming event. At least one display of each of the linked gaming terminals displays a portion of a continuous image. Two or more of the plurality of linked gaming terminals are associated with a first team and two or more of the plurality of linked gaming terminals are associated with a second team.

Claims

1. A gaming system comprising:

a plurality of linked gaming terminals, each terminal including

a wager input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game,

one or more displays displaying a portion of a continuous image, and

a controller coupled to the one or more displays and the wager input device, the controller operative to cause at least one of the displays to display a community gaming event,

wherein at least one display of each of the linked gaming terminals displays a portion of a continuous image, and

wherein two or more of the plurality of linked gaming terminals are associated with a first team and two or more of the plurality of linked gaming terminals are associated with a second team.

2. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the first team competes against the second team.

3. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the one or more displays are operative to display a basic game and a secondary event.

4. The gaming system of claim 3, wherein the secondary event is randomly triggered on the plurality of linked gaming terminals at predetermined time intervals.

5. The gaming system of claim 4, wherein a player associated with one of the plurality of linked gaming terminals eligible for the secondary event at the time the secondary event is triggered participates in the secondary event.

6. The gaming system of claim 5, wherein a virtual player substitutes for a player associated with one of the plurality of linked gaming terminals ineligible for the secondary event at the time the secondary event is triggered.

7. The gaming system of claim 3, wherein the secondary event includes collecting one or more collectable elements in response to a predetermined event.

8. The gaming system of claim 7, wherein, in response a gaming terminal associated with the first team obtaining a predetermined number of collectable elements, the collectable elements are exchanged for an award, the award being awarded on all of the gaming terminals associated with the first team.

9. A method of conducting a community wagering game on a plurality of linked gaming terminals, the wagering game including a game sequence in which a player input is detected and a wagering game outcome is determined in response to the detected input, the wagering game including a basic game and a secondary event, the method comprising the acts of:

using an interface device to detect the player input and transforming the detected player input to electronic data signals indicative of a wager to play the wagering game;

using one or more processors to interpret the wager from the data signals and to cause the recording of a digital representation of the wager in one or more storage devices;

using at least one of the processors to cause one or more display devices to display the basic game; and

using at least one of the processors to initiate the secondary event in response to a triggering event during the basic game, the secondary event including a continuous image displayed across at least one display of each of the linked gaming terminals,

wherein two or more of the plurality of linked gaming terminals are associated with a first team and two or more of the plurality of linked gaming terminals are associated with a second team.

10. The method of conducting a wagering game of claim 9, wherein the first team competes against the second team.

11. The method of conducting a wagering game of claim 9, wherein the secondary event is randomly triggered on the plurality of linked gaming terminals at predetermined time intervals.

12. The method of conducting a wagering game of claim 11, wherein a player associated with one of the plurality of linked gaming terminals eligible for the secondary event at the time the secondary event is triggered participates in the secondary event.

13. The method of conducting a wagering game of claim 9, further comprising collecting one or more collectable elements in response to a predetermined event during the secondary event.

14. The gaming system of claim 13, wherein, in response a gaming terminal associated with the first team obtaining a predetermined number of collectable elements, exchanging the collectable elements for an award, the award being awarded on all of the gaming terminal associated with the first team.

15. A gaming system comprising:

a plurality of linked gaming terminals, each terminal including

a wager input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game,

one or more displays, and

a controller coupled to the one or more displays and the wager input device, the controller operative to cause at least one of the displays to display a community gaming event, at least two of the linked gaming terminals being associated with a first team and at least two of the linked gaming terminals being associated with a second team,

wherein a plurality of possible winning outcomes of a gaming terminal on the first team is affected by at least one event caused by at least one gaming terminal of the second team.

16. The gaming system of claim 15, wherein each of the plurality of linked gaming terminals further comprises at least one sensory immersion mechanism.

17. The gaming system of claim 15 further comprising a gaming table including at least one of the plurality of linked gaming terminals, the one or more displays being positioned on a top surface of the gaming table.

18. The gaming system of claim 15, wherein a plurality of reels is displayed on the one or more displays,

19. The gaming system of claim 18, wherein the number of activated reels of a gaming terminal of the first team is reduced based on the event caused by at least one gaming terminal of the second team.

20. The gaming system of claim 18, wherein the plurality of reels include a plurality of symbols, one or more of the plurality of reels of the gaming terminals of at least one of the first team and the second team displaying the same symbols.

21. The gaming system of claim 15, wherein an award multiplier is reduced based on the event caused by at least one gaming terminal of the second team.