Method and apparatus for team play of slot machines
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a slot machine, said method comprising the steps of:
- initiating play of said slot machine in response to an input by a first team player;
generating one or more individual game results in response to said play;
obtaining a team game result that combines said individual game results with individual game results of at least one additional team player; and
selecting a payout corresponding to said team game result.
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Abstract
Slot machines for enabling team play by a plurality of slot machine players are disclosed. The game results of each team player are combined in a predefined manner to obtain a team game result. The game results of each player may be combined on a "per-spin" basis, or collected for each team player over an entire play session, with the net result of each team player combined on a "per-session" basis. In a "per-spin" embodiment, each team player initiates play, and the individual game results of each team player are combined in a predefined manner to obtain the best team game result, with the highest resulting payout, for each spin. In a "per-session" embodiment each team player continues play for an entire play session, and the net result of each team player is analyzed in a predefined manner on a "per-session" basis to obtain the team session result. A session can be defined, for example, in terms of (i) the number of plays per session; (ii) the duration of the session; or (iii) all plays until a predefined event occurs.
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72 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a slot machine, said method comprising the steps of:
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initiating play of said slot machine in response to an input by a first team player; generating one or more individual game results in response to said play; obtaining a team game result that combines said individual game results with individual game results of at least one additional team player; and selecting a payout corresponding to said team game result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for controlling a slot machine, said method comprising the steps of:
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initiating a play of said slot machine in response to a player input; generating an individual game result in response to said play; obtaining a team game result that combines said individual game results with individual game results of at least one additional team player; and selecting a payout corresponding to said team game result. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A slot machine comprising:
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means for generating a pseudo-random event for each play of said slot machine in response to a player input; means responsive to the play of said slot machine for determining an individual game result based upon said event; means for obtaining a team game result that combines said individual game results with individual game results of at least one additional team player; and means for providing an award amount for said team game result. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for controlling a slot machine, said method comprising the steps of:
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initiating a plurality of plays of said slot machine, wherein said plurality of said plays comprises a session; generating a game result for each of said plays; determining a net game result for a first team player; obtaining a team session result that combines said net game result with a net game result of at least one additional team player; and selecting a payout corresponding to said team session result. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for controlling a slot machine, said method comprising the steps of:
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initiating a plurality of plays of said slot machine, wherein said plurality of said plays comprises a session; generating a game result for each of said plays; determining a net game result for a first team player after said session; obtaining a team session result that compares said net game result with a net game result of at least one additional team player and selects the highest net game result of a team player as the team session result; and determining a payout corresponding to said team session result.
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43. A slot machine comprising:
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means for generating a pseudo-random event for each play of said slot machine in response to a player input; means responsive to the play of said slot machine for determining a game result based upon said event; means for determining a net game result for said player after a plurality of said plays; means for obtaining a team session result that combines said net game result with a net game result of at least one additional team player; and means for providing an award amount based on said team session result. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method of playing a slot machine, said method comprising the steps of:
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initiating play of said slot machine; receiving one or more individual game results in response to said play; receiving a team game result, wherein said team game result is a combination of said individual game results and individual game results of at least one additional player; and receiving a payout corresponding to said team game result.
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51. A method of playing a slot machine, said method comprising the steps of:
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initiating play of said slot machine; receiving an individual game result in response to said play; receiving a team game result, wherein said team game result is a combination of said individual game result and an individual game result of at least one additional player; and receiving a payout corresponding to said team game result.
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52. A method of playing a slot machine, said method comprising the steps of:
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initiating a plurality of plays; receiving a game result for each of said plays; receiving a net game result; receiving a team session result, wherein said team session result is a combination of said net game result and a net game result of at least one additional player; and receiving a payout corresponding to said team session result.
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53. A method for controlling a plurality of slot machines, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a plurality of individual game results from one or more slot machines; determining a team game result, wherein said team game result is a combination of said plurality of individual game results; and transmitting said team game result to said individual slot machines. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. An article of manufacture comprising:
a computer readable medium having computer readable code means embodied thereon, said computer readable program code means comprising; a step to initiate play of a slot machine in response to a player input; a step to generate one or more game results in response to said play; a step to obtain a team game result that combines said game results with game results of at least one additional team player; and a step to select a payout corresponding to said team game result.
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69. A method for controlling a video poker machine, said method comprising the steps of:
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initiating play of said video poker machine in response to an input by a first team player; generating one or more individual game results in response to said play, wherein said individual game results comprise a plurality of cards in a hand; obtaining a team game result that combines said individual game results with individual game results of at least one additional team player; and selecting a payout corresponding to said team game result. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72)
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