CA2234681A1 - Method and apparatus for promoting play on network of gaming devices - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for promoting play on network of gaming devices

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Publication number
CA2234681A1
CA2234681A1 CA 2234681 CA2234681A CA2234681A1 CA 2234681 A1 CA2234681 A1 CA 2234681A1 CA 2234681 CA2234681 CA 2234681 CA 2234681 A CA2234681 A CA 2234681A CA 2234681 A1 CA2234681 A1 CA 2234681A1
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bonus
gaming devices
network
pool
server
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CA 2234681
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French (fr)
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John F. Acres
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International Game Technology
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Priority claimed from US08/843,411 external-priority patent/US6319125B1/en
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Priority to CA 2442444 priority patent/CA2442444C/en
Priority to CA 2442442 priority patent/CA2442442C/en
Publication of CA2234681A1 publication Critical patent/CA2234681A1/en
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Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling a bonusing promotion system using a bonus server interconnected to a plurality of gaming devices is described.
A percentage of a wager played on each gaming device is accumulated into a bonus pool stored on the bonus server. The bonus pool is compared to a thresholdvalue stored on the bonus server each time the bonus pool changes. One of the gaming devices is selected when the threshold value is substantially met. A bonus prize funded by the bonus pool is awarded to the selected gaming device.
CA 2234681 1997-04-15 1998-04-14 Method and apparatus for promoting play on network of gaming devices Expired - Lifetime CA2234681C (en)

Priority Applications (3)

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CA 2443301 CA2443301C (en) 1997-04-15 1998-04-14 Method and apparatus for promoting play on a network of gaming devices
CA 2442444 CA2442444C (en) 1997-04-15 1998-04-14 Method and apparatus for promoting play on network of gaming devices
CA 2442442 CA2442442C (en) 1997-04-15 1998-04-14 Method and apparatus for promoting play on network of gaming devices

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US08/843,411 1997-04-15
US08/843,411 US6319125B1 (en) 1994-10-12 1997-04-15 Method apparatus for promoting play on a network of gaming devices

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CA 2443301 Division CA2443301C (en) 1997-04-15 1998-04-14 Method and apparatus for promoting play on a network of gaming devices
CA 2442442 Division CA2442442C (en) 1997-04-15 1998-04-14 Method and apparatus for promoting play on network of gaming devices
CA 2442444 Division CA2442444C (en) 1997-04-15 1998-04-14 Method and apparatus for promoting play on network of gaming devices

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CA (1) CA2234681C (en)
NZ (1) NZ330189A (en)
ZA (1) ZA983158B (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8882583B2 (en) 2010-09-28 2014-11-11 Artistocrat Technologies Autralia Pty Limited Gaming system, a method of gaming and a game outcome prediction controller

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NZ330189A (en) 2000-03-27

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