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Cooperative group gaming system: apparatus and method

US6077162A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 22, 1997
Grant dateJun 20, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F17/32
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cooperative group gaming apparatus and method therefore including a plurality of gaming machines including means for individual play, means for communal play and communal payout means influenced by any gaming machine participating in cooperative group play, said plurality of gaming machines operatively coupled to at least one controller which, inter alia, communicates with at least one display means for displaying the effects of cooperative group play to game players.

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