System for awarding a bonus to a gaming device on a wide area network
US7819746B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3288
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for awarding a bonus to a player of an electronic gaming device at one of a plurality of casino properties is implemented with a slave server networked with gaming devices at each property. The slave servers are networked with a master server that accumulates a pool comprising a percentage of play on the gaming devices. The pool is initiated with a starting value, which defines the lower end of a range having a predetermined maximum number at the upper end. A number is randomly selected from within the range. As play progresses, the pool increases until it hits the random number. As a result, a slave server is randomly selected. The randomly selected slave server then awards the bonus to a randomly selected one of its associated gaming devices.
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