Gaming system and method for providing a bonus game with a choice by another player(s)

摘要

A gaming system having a plurality of game devices, a game controller, a shared experience controller and a method for operation thereof is disclosed. Each game device allows a player to make a wager on a game and awards the respective player an award as a function as a result of a winning condition for the game played by the respective player. The game controller is coupled to the game devices for playing the game, randomly establishing the actual outcome of the game, and determining if any of the players have a winning condition. The shared experience controller is coupled to the game devices for recognizing a bonus condition for one of the players, responsively providing a choice of items to one or more other players, and providing a bonus award to the one player and/or any of the other players in response to selection of on of the items.

主权项

1. A gaming system, comprising:
a first game device configured to:
establish a first credit balance using at least one of a coin acceptor, a bill validator, a ticket reader, and a card reader for the first game device,receive a first wager from first credit balance for a first player for play of a first base game, andconduct the first base game and award the first player according to a first base game outcome; a second game device configured to:
establish a second credit balance using at least one of a coin acceptor, a bill validator, a ticket reader, and a card reader for the second game device,receive a second wager from the second credit balance for a second player for play of a second base game, andconduct the second base game and award the second player according to a second base game outcome; and a shared experience controller coupled to the first and second game devices, the shared experience controller configured to:
detect a bonus condition on the first game device,display a prompt on the second game device for a bonus award selection for the first player from at least two bonus awards,receive the bonus award selection from the second player through the second game device, andprovide a bonus award only to the first player corresponding to the bonus award selection from the second player.