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Method and apparatus for operating networked gaming devices

  • US 5,752,882 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1995
  • Issued: 05/19/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1994
  • Status: Expired
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1. A method of operating gaming devices interconnected by a host computer having a user-operated input device comprising:

  • associating each gaming device with a unique address code;

    preselecting less than all of the gaming devices interconnected by the host computer responsive to a user-effected action at the input device which identifies the preselected gaming devices with the respective associated address codes;

    using the network to track activity of the preselected gaming devices;

    initiating a bonus play period;

    issuing a command over the network to each of said preselected gaming devices responsive to initiation of the bonus play period; and

    paying a bonus at each of said preselected gaming devices in accordance with the command.

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