TOURNAMENT GAME, GAMING MACHINE, GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH A PLAYER-INTERACTIVE BONUS FEATURE
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1. A method for providing a player interactive bonus feature in a tournament game, the method including:
- activating the tournament game responsive to a player input at a player station;
determining a random or pseudo-random tournament game outcome for the activation of the tournament game;
displaying a tournament game presentation at the player station according the determined tournament game outcome;
initiating the player interactive bonus feature responsive to a trigger; and
modifying a tournament game score depending upon the tournament game outcome.
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Abstract
A tournament game, gaming machine, gaming system and method are disclosed wherein a player-interactive bonus feature is triggered and displayed simultaneously with a tournament game presentation and a bonus award is paid responsive to a player selecting a displayed bonus target, such as a balloon. The bonus award is paid in addition to any award payable based on the tournament game outcome.
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1. A method for providing a player interactive bonus feature in a tournament game, the method including:
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activating the tournament game responsive to a player input at a player station; determining a random or pseudo-random tournament game outcome for the activation of the tournament game; displaying a tournament game presentation at the player station according the determined tournament game outcome; initiating the player interactive bonus feature responsive to a trigger; and modifying a tournament game score depending upon the tournament game outcome. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing a player interactive bonus feature in a tournament game, the system including:
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a number of player stations, each player station including a player interface enabling a player at the player station to make a tournament activation input; a tournament game result determination arrangement configured to determine a random or pseudo-random tournament game outcome for each tournament game activated at a respective player station; a respective tournament game display included with each player station, each respective tournament game display configured to display a tournament game presentation according to a respective tournament game outcome determined for a respective tournament game activated at the respective player station; and a player interactive bonus feature triggering arrangement configured to initiate a player interactive bonus feature at one or more of the player stations during a tournament conducted through the player stations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A program product stored on one or more tangible computer readable media, the program product including:
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tournament game program code executable to activate a tournament game responsive to a player input at a player station, determine a random or pseudo-random tournament game outcome for the activation of the tournament game, cause a tournament game presentation to be displayed at the player station according the determined tournament game outcome, and modify a tournament game score depending upon the tournament game outcome; and interactive bonus feature program code executable to initiate a player interactive bonus feature at the player station responsive to a trigger, and to cause an interactive bonus feature graphic to be displayed at the player station concurrently with the tournament game presentation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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