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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2003
William J. Foster, Reno, NV (US);
Kirk Tedsen, Reno, NV (US);
William J. Foster, Reno, NV (US);
Kirk Tedsen, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A group bonus round game may be played on a gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming units connected together to form a networked gaming system. Each of the gaming units having a light device located thereon, wherein the light device is adapted to display a bonus indicia. The group bonus game includes the generation of a display of bonus indicia on a first subset of the gaming units, and subsequently a second subset of the gaming units, wherein the display of the bonus indicia on the different subsets of gaming units creates an illusion that the bonus indicia are spinning, or revolving through the gaming system before stopping at a specific gaming unit. The group bonus round may additionally utilize music and/or bonus stages to create other bonus round gaming themes, for example a 'musical chairs' type group bonus round.