Gaming system having multiple gaming devices that share a multi-outcome display
First Claim
1. A gaming system controlled by a processor, said gaming system comprising:
- a plurality of individual gaming machines, each individual gaming machine including a game operable upon a wager by a player;
a secondary game;
said secondary game including a shared display device controlled by the processor; and
a plurality of outcome groups displayable by the shared display device, wherein;
(a) at least two outcome groups have different probabilities of being associated with the gaming machines,(b) each outcome group includes a plurality of outcomes, and(c) each outcome within each group has a same probability of being associated with each of the gaming machines; and
the processor programmed to associate the outcomes of one of the groups with the gaming machines and to cause the shared display device to simultaneously or substantially simultaneously display the outcomes of said group associated with the gaming machines.
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Abstract
A gaming device system in which a plurality of gaming devices are linked by a common bonus event is provided. In one embodiment, the linked gaming device system includes a shared symbol generation display that is positioned adjacent to each of a plurality of associated gaming devices and has a plurality of sections and values displayed at each section. Upon a triggering of the bonus event, any player eligible to participate in the bonus may achieve an outcome generated from the bonus event including the shared display. When the shared display is activated, it simultaneously generates a separate or individual outcome associated with each of the gaming devices. The outcomes are spatially related to one another so that a random generation of an outcome associated with one gaming device automatically generates random outcomes associated with each gaming device. Each gaming device however receives the outcome only if it has participated in the random generation.
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55 Claims
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1. A gaming system controlled by a processor, said gaming system comprising:
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a plurality of individual gaming machines, each individual gaming machine including a game operable upon a wager by a player;
a secondary game;said secondary game including a shared display device controlled by the processor; and a plurality of outcome groups displayable by the shared display device, wherein; (a) at least two outcome groups have different probabilities of being associated with the gaming machines, (b) each outcome group includes a plurality of outcomes, and (c) each outcome within each group has a same probability of being associated with each of the gaming machines; and the processor programmed to associate the outcomes of one of the groups with the gaming machines and to cause the shared display device to simultaneously or substantially simultaneously display the outcomes of said group associated with the gaming machines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A gaming system controlled by a processor, said gaming system comprising:
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a plurality of independently operable gaming machines, each of said gaming machines including a game operable upon a wager by a player, and each gaming machine including a triggering event; and a secondary game; said secondary game including a shared display device controlled by the processor; and said secondary game including a plurality of different displayable outcomes on said shared display device, said outcomes divided into a plurality of groups, each group including a plurality of the outcomes, the processor programmed to; (i) select one of the outcomes in one of the groups to provide to a first one of the gaming machines for a play of said secondary game after an occurrence of the triggering event on at least one of the gaming machines, (ii) cause a display of the selected outcome in association with the first one of the gaming machines, and (iii) cause a display of another one of the outcomes from the same group as the selected outcome in association with another one of the gaming machines. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A gaming system controlled by a processor, said gaming system comprising:
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a plurality of independently operable gaming machines, each of said gaming machines including a game operable upon a wager by a player, and each gaming machine including a triggering event; and a secondary game; a shared display device controlled by the processor; and said secondary game including a plurality of different displayable outcomes on said shared display device, said outcomes divided into a plurality of groups, each group including a plurality of the outcomes; the processor programmed for a play of the secondary game to; (i) select one of the groups after an occurrence of the triggering event for at least one of the gaming machines, (ii) cause a display of one of the outcomes of the selected group with one of the gaming machines, and (iii) cause a display of the outcomes in the selected group with said other gaming machines, wherein one of the other outcomes in the selected group is provided to a player of one of the other gaming machines if said gaming machine is participating in said play of the secondary game. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A gaming system controlled by a processor, said gaming system comprising:
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a plurality of independently operable gaming machines, each of said gaming machines including a game operable upon a wager by a player and a triggering event; and a secondary game; said secondary game having a shared display including a plurality of different outcomes displayed on said shared display, said outcomes divided into a plurality of groups, wherein each outcome has a fixed relationship with respect to each other outcome, the processor programmed to (i) select one of the outcomes to associate with one of the gaming machines for a play of said secondary game after an occurrence of the triggering event for at least one of the gaming machines, (ii) cause the shared display to display the selected outcome in association with said gaming machine, and (iii) cause the shared display to display the other outcomes of the same group each with a different one of the other gaming machines. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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