CONVERTIBLE IN-REVENUE AND OUT-OF-REVENUE GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH A REAL-TIME PLAYER DASHBOARD DISPLAY
First Claim
1. A gaming machine operable in a group play operating mode, the gaming machine including:
- a processor;
a memory including one or more games executable by the processor, at least one of the games comprising a group play game being playable in a group play operating mode;
one or more displays operably connected to the processor;
a user interface operable by a player to initiate play of the group play game;
the group play game including a set of possible outcomes and a paytable, the set of possible outcomes including a set of possible winning outcomes, and the paytable including a set of awards corresponding to the possible winning outcomes;
responsive to initiation of a play in the group play game, the processor being operable to obtain a randomly or pseudo-randomly determined game outcome and instruct a first of the one or more displays to display a game presentation for the group play game in accordance with the game outcome for the play in the group play game;
in the event that the game outcome is one of the possible winning outcomes, the processor being operable to determine an award using the paytable; and
in the group play operating mode, the processor being operable to instruct the one or more displays to display a player dashboard including player position information in the group play game, the player dashboard being simultaneously viewable with the game presentation for the group play game.
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Abstract
A convertible in-revenue and out-of-revenue gaming system is disclosed that includes a server connected to automatically convert operating modes and control in-revenue and out-of-revenue operation of one or more banks of gaming machines wherein each of the gaming machines includes a video camera connected to capture live player video feed during competition or tournament operating mode, and each of the gaming machines is operable to display a tournament game presentation simultaneously with a player dashboard. The player dashboard includes a display of the live player video, the player position, the player score, and remaining time in the competition or tournament.
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24 Claims
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1. A gaming machine operable in a group play operating mode, the gaming machine including:
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a processor; a memory including one or more games executable by the processor, at least one of the games comprising a group play game being playable in a group play operating mode; one or more displays operably connected to the processor; a user interface operable by a player to initiate play of the group play game; the group play game including a set of possible outcomes and a paytable, the set of possible outcomes including a set of possible winning outcomes, and the paytable including a set of awards corresponding to the possible winning outcomes; responsive to initiation of a play in the group play game, the processor being operable to obtain a randomly or pseudo-randomly determined game outcome and instruct a first of the one or more displays to display a game presentation for the group play game in accordance with the game outcome for the play in the group play game; in the event that the game outcome is one of the possible winning outcomes, the processor being operable to determine an award using the paytable; and in the group play operating mode, the processor being operable to instruct the one or more displays to display a player dashboard including player position information in the group play game, the player dashboard being simultaneously viewable with the game presentation for the group play game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of operating a group play game on a gaming machine, the method including:
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installing a group play game on a gaming machine, the gaming machine including a user interface; responsive to a player activating the user interface, initiating play of the group game; displaying a game presentation of the group game on a display device of the gaming machine; incrementing a player score according to a group game outcome; and simultaneously with displaying the game presentation of the group game, displaying a player dashboard, the player dashboard including a player score area displaying a group game play score for the player and a player position area displaying a position of the player relative to at least one other player playing the group play game at a different gaming machine. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of operating a number of gaming machines in a group play operation mode to conduct a group game competition, the method including:
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placing each of the number of gaming machines in a group play mode in which a respective player operating the respective gaming machine is enabled to initiate one or more plays in a group play game at the respective gaming machine; responsive to each initiation of a play in the group play game at a respective gaming machine, displaying a respective group play game result in a group play game presentation area at the respective gaming machine; at each respective gaming machine, maintaining a respective group play game score based on the outcomes of the individual plays in the group play game at that gaming machine; each gaming machine periodically communicating the respective group play game score maintained at that gaming machine to a group play controller; at the group play controller, maintaining the current position of each player in the group game competition relative to each other player in the group game competition based on the current group play game scores of the respective players; for each respective player, periodically communicating the current position of that respective player to the respective gaming machine at which that respective player is playing the group play game; and at each gaming machine, displaying the current position of the player playing the group play game at that respective gaming machine, the current position being displayed in a player dashboard display area which is displayed simultaneously with the group game play results in the group play game presentation area. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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Specification