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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2008
Bryan M. Kelly, Dublin, CA (US);
Norman B. Petermeier, Saratoga, CA (US);
Matthew F. Kelly, Dublin, CA (US);
J. Richard Oltmann, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Bryan M. Kelly, Dublin, CA (US);
Norman B. Petermeier, Saratoga, CA (US);
Matthew F. Kelly, Dublin, CA (US);
J. Richard Oltmann, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A game system including a progressive bonus apparatus connected to a plurality of individual game units. In an exemplary embodiment, the progressive bonus apparatus receives score contributions from each game unit to increase a progressive score. When players achieve a predetermined result on a game unit, they receive an award based on the progressive score. Each game unit connected to the progressive bonus apparatus may take the form of a game with a rotating wheel.