GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD WHICH ENABLES MULTIPLE PLAYERS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY PLAY MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL GAMES OR GROUP GAMES ON A CENTRAL DISPLAY

摘要

The present disclosure provides a gaming system including a central controller, a central display which includes a plurality of display segments and a plurality player stations. The display segments are configured to each separately display one of a plurality of games, to co-act to display a plurality of games, or to co-act to display one game. Each player station is configured to enable a player to play one or more of the games displayed by the display segments. The gaming system enables a plurality of players to play a group game on the central display, a plurality of players to simultaneously play multiple group games on the central display, and a plurality of players to each simultaneously play multiple individual games on the central display.

主权项

1. A gaming system comprising:
a display device including a plurality of display segments, each display segment configured to display one of a plurality of different games; a plurality of player stations, each player station including at least one input device and at least one player station display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the display device and the player stations to:
(a) for each of the player stations, enable a player at said player station to use the at least one input device of said player station during a participation period to make at least one input to individually wager on at least one play of at least one of the different games displayed by the display segments,(b) after a termination of the participation period, for the play of each of the displayed different games, randomly determine a game outcome,(c) simultaneously display the randomly determined game outcomes on the display segments of the display device, and(d) for each player station at which at least one wager was made on at least one of the plays of at least one of the different games, for each wager made, cause said player station to:
(i) display the randomly determined game outcome associated with said wagered on play of the game, and(ii) display any awards based on said displayed game outcome and an amount the player wagered on said play of said game.