- 专利标题： System for awarding a bonus to a gaming device on a wide area network
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申请号： US10664514申请日： 2003-09-16
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公开(公告)号： US07819746B2公开(公告)日： 2010-10-26
- 发明人: Richard J. Schneider , Michael B. Shelby , Lawrence R. Pitman , Carrie D. Porterfield , Erik B. Petersen
- 申请人： Richard J. Schneider , Michael B. Shelby , Lawrence R. Pitman , Carrie D. Porterfield , Erik B. Petersen
- 申请人地址： US NV Reno
- 专利权人： IGT
- 当前专利权人： IGT
- 当前专利权人地址： US NV Reno
- 代理机构： Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
- 主分类号： A63F9/24
- IPC分类号： A63F9/24 ; H04K1/00
摘要：
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.