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Networked gaming devices that end a bonus and concurrently initiate another bonus

  • US 6,364,768 B1
  • Filed: 04/15/1999
  • Issued: 04/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for awarding bonuses over a gaming network having a plurality of gaming machines interconnected by a network, the method comprising the steps of:

  • allowing play to occur on a plurality of gaming machines;

    sending a bonus token signal to a first selected one of the plurality of gaming machines;

    initiating a bonus period at only that first selected one of the plurality of gaming machines responsive to the bonus token signal;

    passing the bonus token signal to a second selected one of the plurality of gaming machines; and

    ending the bonus period at the first selected one of the plurality of gaming machines and concurrently initiating a bonus period at the second selected one of the plurality of gaming machines.

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