Method and apparatus for awarding variable bonus awards to gaming machines over a network
CA 2274923 A1 · Owner: Acres, John F. · Inventors: Acres, John F.
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A method for awarding bonuses over a gaming network having a plurality of gaming machines interconnected by a network. Play is allowed to occur on the plurality of gaming machines. A bonus period is initiating for which a bonus-triggering event (e.g. a winning combination) and an initial bonus amount is, determined. The reel combinations obtained from normal play over the machines are detected and compared to the winning combination determined at the start of the, bonus period. A match of the combination obtained with the winning combination initiates a bonus-triggering event that results in the bonus amount being paid out to, the gaming machine which had the winning combination. In a …
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- Filed June 16, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 16, 2019.
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