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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven A Weiss, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
Casino Data Systems, Sacramento, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
463 26 ; 463 25 ; 463 20 ; 463 12 ; 463 13 ; 2731 / ; 273274 ;
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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