SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A COMMUNITY GAME WITH HYBRID JACKPOT FUNDING

摘要

A system and method for playing a community game cooperatively among a group of players on a plurality of electronic gaming machines or on a network with general purpose computing devices for offering at least two players an opportunity to work cooperatively to achieve a community jackpot. The community jackpot may be awarded based on the outcome of a base game or on an outcome on a sub-game or a bonus game that involves a sequence of movements among the players. A system and method for providing hybrid jackpot funding - especially based on the wagers - is also described in which alternating funding schemes are used to fund the community jackpot and at least one additional award or at least one additional game jackpot simultaneously.