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Multi-play central determination system

  • US 8,932,129 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2010
  • Issued: 01/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of presenting one or more sub-games on a multi-play gaming machine, a controller of the multi-play gaming machine configured to display the one or more sub-games on a display of the multi-play gaming machine, each sub-game including a single instance of a wager-based game of chance, an outcome of the single instance of the wager-based game of chance being a sub-game outcome, the multi-play gaming machine connected to one or more servers over a network, the method comprising:

  • receiving bet information from an input device of the multi-play gaming machine wherein the bet information includes at least a number of selected sub-games;

    selecting, based on the bet information, one of a plurality of pool files from which to select a game outcome register, each of the plurality of pool files including a plurality of game outcome registers, each of the plurality of game outcome registers including one or more sub-game outcomes, each sub-game outcome including a sub-game payout and a seed value, wherein all of the plurality of game outcome registers in an individual pool file contain the same number of sub-game outcomes, and wherein the pool file is selected based on the number of sub-game outcomes in each of the plurality of game outcome registers of the pool file and the number of selected sub-games in the bet information, such that;

    (i) if a first number of at least one sub-game is selected, a first pool file is selected, said first pool file including a first game outcome register including a first number of at least one sub-game outcome corresponding to the first number of at least one selected sub-game, and (ii) if a second, different number of at least one sub-game is selected to be overlappingly displayed, a second, different pool file is selected, said second, different pool file including a second, different game outcome register including a second, different number of at least one sub-game outcome corresponding to the second, different number of at least one selected sub-game;

    randomly selecting, using the one or more servers, one of the game outcome registers from the selected pool file; and

    transmitting the selected game outcome register from the one or more servers to the controller of the multi-play gaming machine, wherein;

    (i) when the number of selected sub-games is at least two, the controller is configured to determine a sub-game output to be overlappingly displayed on the display of the multi-play gaming machine for each of the at least two sub-game outcomes in the selected game outcome register using the seed value in each of the at least two sub-game outcomes, and(ii) when the number of selected sub-games is one, the controller is configured to determine a sub-game output to be displayed on the display of the multi-play gaming machine for the sub-game outcome in the selected game outcome register using the seed value in the sub-game outcome.

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