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Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2013
Applicant:

Wms Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);

Inventors:

Tracey L. Wright, West Chicago, IL (US);

Dion K. Aoki, Chicago, IL (US);

Andrew C. Guinn, Chicago, IL (US);

Joel R. Jaffe, Glenview, IL (US);

Robert L. Kyte, Chicago, IL (US);

Bradley D. Schultz, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Assignee:

WMS Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3274 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes presenting a community game that includes land-based game play and online game play. The method includes selecting either the land-based or online game play as an affected game play, wherein the affected game play is to have at least one result in the community game that is affected by the other game play that was not selected. In response to a determination that a generation of the at least one result is needed for the affected game play for the community game, the method includes receiving, from the other game play, a result from a game. Also in response to the determination, the method includes affecting of the at least one result of the community game for the affected game play based on the result of the game at the other game play.


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