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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2003
Richard J. Schneider, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Michael B. Shelby, Corvallis, OR (US);
Lawrence R. Pitman, Corvallis, OR (US);
Carrie D. Porterfield, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Erik B. Petersen, Corvallis, OR (US);
Richard J. Schneider, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Michael B. Shelby, Corvallis, OR (US);
Lawrence R. Pitman, Corvallis, OR (US);
Carrie D. Porterfield, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Erik B. Petersen, Corvallis, OR (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
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.