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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Benjamin C. Hoffman, Reno, NV (US);
Paulina Rodgers, Reno, NV (US);
Christmas C. Parker, Reno, NV (US);
Brian J. Book, Reno, NV (US);
Jason D. Kremer, Reno, NV (US);
Benjamin C. Hoffman, Reno, NV (US);
Paulina Rodgers, Reno, NV (US);
Christmas C. Parker, Reno, NV (US);
Brian J. Book, Reno, NV (US);
Jason D. Kremer, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming system and method including providing a community or group bonus event to a plurality of players at a plurality of gaming devices. For each of the players determined as eligible to participate in a triggered group bonus event, the gaming system determines that player's relative probability of winning a group bonus event award in the triggered bonus event. In one such embodiment, each player's relative probability of winning the group bonus event award is based on that player's wagering history, such as any amounts wagered by that player, the frequency of placing such wagers and/or frequency of not placing any wagers.